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Mesember

Ancient name
Mesembria
Modern name
Nesebār / Mesenbrija
Modern country
Bulgaria
Like Varna, Mesember is now a major Black Sea resort (known as Nessebar), along the western coast between Varna and Scanfida. Its highly defensible medieval fortress stood on a rocky promontory connected to the mainland by only a thin isthmus. It is one of a group of sites along the northern and western coast of the Black Sea that appear in only a single Sfera manuscript (Ashb7). Campbell #1082; Gordeev 349–50.
Coordinates
42.66, 27.74
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M167

Variant spellings of Mesember in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
monsaboi Ashb7
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Mesember.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/mesember/.