Mecca
- Modern name
- Mecca
- Modern country
- Saudi Arabia
- Coordinates
- 21.42, 39.83
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364306
The city of Mecca, holy to Muslims, lies in the coastal territory of the Arabian Peninsula, which was subject to Mamluk rule in Dati's day. It generally appears with an article in late medieval Italian, as in La Mecca. In the text of La sfera, Dati identifies Mecca as the site of the Prophet Mohammed's tomb, which is incorrect, as Mohammed is buried in Medina.
The toponym Mecca appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P090
Variant spellings of Mecca in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| alla mech | Pnc3 |
| la mech | Bos |
| lamec | NYPL1 |
| Lamec | Par3 |
| lameccha | Pal8 |
| lamech | Fn6, Pal5, Par1, Ro2, Urb2, Wie1 |
| LAMECH | Med1 |
| LAmech | Luc2 |
| Lamech[...] | Ricc13 |
| lamecha | Ricc1, Ricc6 |
| lameche | Ricc11, Vat2 |
| LAMECHE | Fn8 |
| Lameche | Con3 |
| Lameh | Med3 |
| lanch | Ashb2, Fn3 |
| mecca | Chig2, He3, Morg, NYPL3, Ricc12, Urb1 |
| MECCA | BL02 |
| Meccha | BL01, Cors2, He2, Laur3, Parm2, Pnc4, Ricc14, To2 |
| meccha | Barb3, Barb4, Cs1, Laur5, Magl2, Pnc5, Ricc15 |
| Mecche | Fn9 |
| mecha | Bal, Con4, Fn12, ME2, New |
| Mecha | Clas2, Fo, Vat3, Yale4 |
| meche | NB |
| neccha | Ashb4 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Mecca.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/mecca/.