La Rassa
- Modern name
- Ra’s al Hikmah, formerly Ra's al Kanayis
- Modern country
- Egypt
- Coordinates
- 31.25, 27.85
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364390
La Rassa or Larassa (not to be confused with Larissa, Laraccia, or Laleccia) is a cape west of Alexandria, Egypt, now known as Ra's al Hikmah. While Dati's poem refers simply to La Rassa, the Sfera maps are divided in their use of La Rassa (implying a town) and Golfo de la Rassa (implying a bay or gulf, presumably to one side of the cape). Campbell #1567.
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location P181
Variant spellings of La Rassa in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| gcholfo dallarass | Bal |
| gholfo del[...]rassa | Fn12 |
| gholfo delarasa | Magl4 |
| gholfo delarosa | ME2 |
| gholfo della rassa | Par1 |
| Gholfo della rassa | He2 |
| gholfo della riss[a] | Pad1 |
| Gholfo della RISSA | Wie1 |
| Gholfo della rissa | Fn9 |
| Gholfo dellarassa | Fn8, Pal6 |
| gholfo dellarassa | Laur5, Ricc15 |
| Gholfo dellarissa | Marc1 |
| gholfo dello larissa | Pal8 |
| Golfo dalexandria | Parm2 |
| Golfo dalla larassa | Barb3 |
| golfo dalla larassa | Con1 |
| Golfo dalla rassa | Borg |
| golfo dallarassa | Ricc8 |
| golfo de la rassa | Ro2 |
| Golfo de larissa | Cap1, Marc2, Ricc17 |
| GOLFO DEL[A] RASA | Ricc6 |
| golfo dela Rassa | Ricc11 |
| Golfo Delarasa | Ashb3, Med3 |
| golfo delarassa | NB |
| Golfo della larassa | New |
| Golfo della rassa | BL01, Chig1, Con4, He3, Pnc4, Ricc1, Ricc14, Vat3 |
| golfo della rassa | Barb4, Fn3, NYPL3, Ricc12, Ricc13 |
| Golfo della rissa | Per2, Vat2 |
| golfo della Rissa | Cors2 |
| Golfo della rossa | Fo |
| golfo dellarasa | Chig2 |
| Golfo dellarasa | Par3 |
| Golfo dellarassa | BL02, Con3, Cs1, Fn6, Laur3, Magl2, Morg, Pal5 |
| golfo dellarassA | Ricc9 |
| golfo dellarassa | Med2 |
| Golfo dellarissa | NYPL2 |
| golfo di larissa | Urb1 |
| Golfo di larissa | Clas2 |
| larassa | Spe |
| Larassa | Luc2, Med1 |
| rassa | Ro2 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “La Rassa.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/larassa/.