Damascus
- Ancient name
- Damascus
- Modern name
- Damascus
- Modern country
- Syria
- Coordinates
- 33.51, 36.31
Damascus, a city located in the foothills of Mount Lebanon and now the capital of Syria, rose to influence under the Ummayad dynasty in the 7th century. By Dati's day its importance as a capital had been eclipsed by Baghdad and Cairo, but it was still an important nexus where merchants from the Silk Road mingled with those from the Mediterranean. Although sacked by the forces of Timur (Tamerlane) in 1401, it remained a provincial Mamluk capital until 1516.
The toponym Damascus appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P049
Variant spellings of Damascus in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| dalmasco | Fo |
| damasca | ME2 |
| Damascho | Ashb6, Con3, Wie1 |
| damascho | NYPL1, Pad1, Pal8 |
| Damasco | Cap1, Clas2, Luc2, MB, NYPL1, Par3, Pnc4 |
| damasco | Bal, Con4, Fo, NB, Pnc5 |
| DAMASCO | Med1 |
| Damascus | Clas2 |
| dom[m]ascho | NYPL3 |
| dom[m]asco | Ricc12 |
| doma / scho | Ricc1 |
| domascco | Laur3 |
| domascho | Ashb2, Con1, Fn12, He3, Magl2, Magl4, Marc1, Med2, Med3, NYPL2, Pal5, Pal6, Pal8, Par1, Pnc5, Ricc1, Ricc15, Ricc17, Ricc8, Yale4 |
| DOMASCHO | Ashb3, Med3, Wie1 |
| Domascho | Pal5, Par1, Parm2 |
| domasco | Ashb2, Bal, Cors2, Fn12, He2, Laur3, Magl2, Marc2, NYPL3, Pal6, Per2, Pnc3, Ricc12, Ricc15, Ricc8, To2, Tre |
| Domasco | Morg, Par3, Parm2 |
| domasscho | Fn3 |
| dommascho | Ashb4 |
| donmascho | Cors2, Cs1, Laur5 |
| donmasco | Fn9 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Damascus.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, May 3, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/damascus/.