Europe (continent)
- Modern name
- Europe
- Coordinates
- 49.38, 11.17
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364275
The toponym Europe appears mostly on the T-O maps in Book 3 of La sfera, which delineate the three known continents of the Old World (Europe, Asia, and Africa). The existence of toponym spellings beginning with both the traditional Greek-influenced EU (europa) and the more phonetic U (uropia) reflects the lack of standardization in spelling and pronunciation in medieval Italy.
The toponym Europe (continent) appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P058
Variant spellings of Europe (continent) in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| e[uropa] | Pad1 |
| Europa | Asf, Bos, Chig1, Clas2, Fn6, He1, MB, ME2, NB, New, Par4, Parm2, Ricc15, Spe |
| EUROPA | Bos, Fo, Luc2, Med1 |
| europa | Fn3, Fn6, ME2, Marc2, Pad1, Ricc11, Urb1 |
| europi[...] | Par1 |
| EUROPIA | Ashb3, Ashb6, Con4, Vat2, Yale1 |
| Europia | BL02, Bal, Barb3, Barb4, Cap1, Con1, Con3, Con4, He2, He3, Morg, Per2, Pnc4, Ricc12, Ricc13, Ricc17, Tre, Yale4 |
| europia | Ashb2, Cors2, Laur3, Magl2, Marc1, Med2, Pal5, Pal6, Pal8, Pnc5, Ricc13, Ro2 |
| Europia. iafet:~ | Ashb7 |
| Europia. q[uam]. e. legiit Jafet:~ | Ashb7 |
| Europya | Cs1 |
| EVROPa | Ro2 |
| EVROPA | Laur5, Par3, Ricc14 |
| EVROPIA | BL01, Fn9, Marc1, Med3, NYPL1, Ricc11, Ricc8, Ricc9, Wie1 |
| Evropia | Borg |
| EvropiA | Ricc9 |
| UROPIA | Chig2 |
| Uropia | Pnc3 |
| uropia | Pal5 |
| VROPIA | Fn12, Fn8, Ricc6 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Europe (continent).” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/europe/.