Formentaria
- Ancient name
- Planaria
- Modern name
- Fuerteventura
- Modern country
- Canary Islands (Spain)
- Coordinates
- 28.33, -14.02
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364049
Formentaria, now Fuerteventura, is the second-largest of the Canary Islands after Dellinferno (Tenerife). Like Lancilotto, it appears on Angelino Dulcert's map of 1339, as forte ventura.
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M021
Variant spellings of Formentaria in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| [formentario?] | Morg |
| f[...]norm[...] | Med2 |
| fanicrimaria | Ricc12 |
| feleme[n]tar | MB |
| firenzuora | Ricc13 |
| FLEMENTAR | Wie1 |
| fo[...] | Par1 |
| fo[r]men[...]o | New |
| form[...]tario | He2 |
| Form[en]ta | Clas2 |
| FORME[...] | BL01 |
| forme[n]ta | Per2 |
| forme[n]tari[...] | Barb3 |
| forme[n]taria | Marc1 |
| forme[n]tario | Borg, Chig1, Con4 |
| formenea | NB |
| formenta | Cs1, Fn8, Fn9, Laur3 |
| Formenta | Cors2, Magl2 |
| FORMENTAN | Ricc6 |
| formentara | Fn12, Ricc15 |
| formentari[...] | Pad1 |
| formentari[o] | Con1 |
| formentaria | Bal, Laur5 |
| formentario | Barb4, Ricc8, Spe |
| Formentaro | BL02 |
| formentata | ME2 |
| formenteria | Ricc9 |
| formeta | Pnc3 |
| formitto | Ricc1 |
| forne[zuora]ventura | Ro2 |
| fornemaria | NYPL3 |
| fornezuo[...] | Ricc11 |
| forte ve[n]tura | Parm2 |
| Forte ventura | Par2, Pnc4, Vat3 |
| forte ventura | Fo, Pal8, Tre |
| Forte vetura | Ricc14 |
| Fr[...]itania | Vat2 |
| FROME[N]TAR | Ashb3 |
| Frome[n]tar | Par3 |
| FROMENTAR | Med3 |
| Samarimano | Chig2 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Formentaria.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/formentaria/.