Lancilotto
- Modern name
- Lanzarote
- Modern country
- Canary Islands (Spain)
- Coordinates
- 29.04, -13.64
Lancilotto, now Lanzarote, is the easternmost and fourth-largest of the Canary Islands. Its name (shared with the Arthurian Sir Lancelot) comes from the Genoese navigator Lancelotto Malocello, who landed there on an expedition from Lisbon in 1336. The island appears labeled with his name and the Genoese flag on the 1339 map of Angelino Dulcert.
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M019
Variant spellings of Lancilotto in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| i[sol]a delanciloto | Tre |
| la[n]cilotto | Con1 |
| lacilotto | Pnc3 |
| lanatoe | Pnc5 |
| lancelotto | Bal, Laur5 |
| Lanci[...] | Pad1 |
| lanciletto | Med2 |
| Lancilot | Magl2 |
| Lanciloto | Clas2, Ricc12 |
| LANCILOTO | Ashb3, Med3 |
| lanciloto | Fo, ME2 |
| lancilotto | Cs1, Fn12, Fn9, He2, He3, Laur3, Morg, NB, NYPL3, Pal8, Per2, Ricc1, Ricc8 |
| Lancilotto | Con4, Cors2, MB, Marc1, Par3, Parm2, Pnc4 |
| LANCILOTTO | Wie1 |
| lanncilotto | Ricc15 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Lancilotto.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, May 3, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/lancilotto/.