Mount Lebanon
- Ancient name
- Libanus Mons
- Modern name
- Mount Lebanon
- Modern country
- Syria
- Coordinates
- 34.3, 36.12
Mount Lebanon is a mountain range that runs the length of present-day Lebanon, famous for its cedar forests. In the Sfera maps the Silk Road city of Damascus is generally perched at one end of this range.
The toponym Mount Lebanon appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P096
Variant spellings of Mount Lebanon in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| .M. libano | Luc2 |
| [monte] libano | Pal5 |
| Arabia | MB |
| libano | Bal, Laur5 |
| Libano | Marc1 |
| libano mo[n]te | Ashb6 |
| Libano mo[n]te | MB |
| LIBANO MONTE | Med3 |
| Libano monte | Wie1 |
| M libano | Med1 |
| M[onte] libano | Pnc3 |
| Mo[n]te libano | Con1, Pad1 |
| mo[n]te libano | Con4, He2, NYPL3, Per2, Ricc8 |
| mo[nte] liba[no] | Pnc3 |
| Mo[nte] libano | Cors2, NYPL1, Par3, Ricc1 |
| Mo[nte] Libano | Par3 |
| Mons libani | Con3 |
| Mons libanus | Clas2 |
| mont libano | Pal8 |
| Monte elibano | Parm2 |
| Monte Li bano | Pnc4 |
| monte libano | Cs1, Fn3, Laur3, Magl2, Med2, NB, Par1, Ricc1, Tre |
| Monte libano | Clas2, Fn9, Med3, Pnc4, Ricc12 |
| MONTE LIBANO | Wie1 |
| monte Libano | Laur3 |
| monte linbano | Magl4 |
| monti libano | Magl2 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Mount Lebanon.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, May 3, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/mount-lebanon/.