Messi
- Modern name
- Emecik
- Modern country
- Turkey
- Coordinates
- 36.77, 27.8
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364040
A port or defensive point on the southwest coast of Asia Minor, between Macri and Alto Luogo, possibly at or near the site of modern Emecik, Turkey. Note the Italian leanings of certain scribes who have copied the toponym Messi as the more familiar (to Italians) Messina. Messi (Asia Minor) is also different from Messa (Morocco). Campbell #1412; Hild 4.7.
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M010
Variant spellings of Messi in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| Fesso | Luc2 |
| masi | Yale4 |
| Merssi | Ashb6 |
| MESA | Med3 |
| Mesa | Ashb3 |
| mesante [or -is] | ME2 |
| MESI | Ashb3, Med3, Wie1 |
| mesi | Fn3, Magl4, Pnc3 |
| mesii | Med2 |
| Messa | Par3, Ricc6, Vat2 |
| messa | Fn8, ME2, Pad1, Par1, Ricc1, Ricc15 |
| MESSA | Wie1 |
| Messi | BL01, BL02, Cap1, Clas2, Con1, Con3, Cors2, Fn9, Fo, He1, He3, Marc2, Morg, NYPL2, Pal6, Par2, Par3, Par4, Parm2, Pnc4, Ricc14, Ricc17, Vat2, Vat3 |
| messi | Bal, Barb3, Barb4, Borg, Chig1, Con1, Con4, Cors2, Fn12, Fn6, He2, He3, Laur5, Magl2, Marc1, Med1, NB, New, Pal5, Pal8, Par4, Per2, Pnc3, Pnc5, Ricc1, Ricc11, Ricc12, Ricc13, Ricc15, Ricc17, Ricc8, Ricc9, Ro2, Spe, Tre, Urb1, Yale4 |
| MESSI | Fn8, Ricc6 |
| messii | Med2 |
| messina | Chig2, NYPL3, Pad1 |
| Messo | Clas2 |
| messy | Cs1, Laur3 |
| mesti | Fn12 |
| Mexina | He1 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Messi.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/messi/.