Mesopotamia
Europeans in Dati's day understood references to Mesopotamia as we do, to refer to the region in modern Iraq between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
- Coordinates
- 34.96, 43.62
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364104
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M083
Variant spellings of Mesopotamia in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| AESOPOTANIA | Ricc11, Ricc13 |
| aesopotania | Ro2 |
| Meso potania | Fn6 |
| mesop / otania | ME2 |
| mesopotamia | Spe |
| MESOPOTAMIA | BL02, NB |
| MESOPOTANAIA | Ricc6 |
| MESOpotanANiA | Ricc9 |
| Mesopotania | BL01, Chig2, Con3, Fo, He3, Marc1, Morg, New, Par3, Parm2, Urb1 |
| mesopotania | Borg, Chig2, NYPL3 |
| MESOPOTANIA | Ashb4, Barb3, Chig1, Con1, Con4, Fn8, Fn9, He2, Med3, Pnc4, Pnc5, Ricc12, Ricc14, Ricc8, Vat3 |
| Mesopottania | Cors2, Laur3 |
| Messapottania | Magl2 |
| Messo potania | Ricc15 |
| messo potania | Bal, Pal5 |
| messo Potania | Yale4 |
| messo potarlo | Laur5 |
| Messopotania | Barb4, Cs1 |
| MESSOPOTANIA | Wie1 |
| Mezopotania | Pal6 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Mesopotamia.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/mesopotamia/.