Jordan River
- Ancient name
- River Jordan
- Modern name
- River Jordan
- Coordinates
- 33.19, 35.62
The River Jordan, a landmark holy to Christians as the river in which John the Baptist baptized Jesus Christ, rises in the Armenian Mountains and runs south through the Sea of Galilee into the Dead Sea. It is formed in the north by the joining of the Hasbani and Dan Rivers; many Sfera maps identify these as the Jor River and the Dan River (thus forming the "Jor-Dan").
The toponym Jordan River appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P078
Variant spellings of Jordan River in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| .f. Giordano | Cors2, Med1 |
| .f. giordano | Cors2, Laur3, Marc1, Per2 |
| .f. Iordano | Ashb4 |
| baptismus xpi | Asf |
| f gordano | Pal6 |
| f iordano | Fn9, Pnc3 |
| f. giordano | Morg |
| f[iume] iordano | Con1 |
| fium giodano | Tre |
| fium[e] Giordano | Ricc1, Wie1 |
| fiume giordano | Ashb2, Cs1, Fn3, Laur5, Luc2, ME2, Marc2, NYPL1, Pad1, Pal8, Pnc5, Ricc15, Ricc17 |
| Fiume Giordano | NYPL2, Pal5 |
| FIUME GIORDANO | Med3, Wie1 |
| Fiume giordano | Parm2 |
| fiume Giordano | Cap1 |
| fiume gordano | Bal, Magl2, Med2, Yale4 |
| fiume iordano | Fn12, Ricc1, Ricc8 |
| Fiume iordano | Par3 |
| fiume Jordan | Pnc4 |
| fiume Jordano | Con4, Fo, He2, NB |
| fiume yordano | Fn9 |
| Flumen Jordanus | Clas2 |
| FVME GORDANO | Ashb3 |
| giardano | Pal5 |
| giordano | ME2, NYPL1 |
| gordano | NYPL3, Pal6 |
| iodano | He3 |
| Iordan .f. | Pnc4 |
| iordano | Con1, Fn12, Laur3, Laur5, NB, Ricc15 |
| Iordano | Parm2 |
| Jor / dano | Bal |
| Jordaani fluminis | Con3 |
| Jordan .f. | To2 |
| Jordano | Con3, Con4, He2, Marc1, Morg |
| Jordanus | Fo |
| rodano | Ricc12 |
| sugiordano | He3 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Jordan River.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, May 3, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/jordan-river/.