Mount Sinai
- Ancient name
- Syna Mons
- Modern name
- Mount Sinai
- Modern country
- Egypt
- Coordinates
- 28.59, 33.92
Mount Sinai is generally a prominent feature of La sfera Map 8 (which shows the Levantine coast), while also appearing on Map 1 (a broad regional map of the Middle East). It is often depicted as a tall mountain at the southern end of a mountain range (either Mount Lebanon or the Arabian Mountains), with the ancient monastery of St Catherine's, Sinai, at its summit. At its foot to the southwest is usually placed the Dead Sea, sometimes along with the ruins of Sodom.
The toponym Mount Sinai appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P097
Variant spellings of Mount Sinai in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| [Mons Sinai] | Tre |
| M. Sinay | Med1 |
| minisini | Fn12 |
| mo[...] | Par1 |
| mo[n]te sinai | Con1, Con4, ME2, Ricc15, Ricc8 |
| mo[n]te Sinai | Par1 |
| Mo[n]te sinai | Yale4 |
| Mo[n]te sinaii | Fn9 |
| Mo[n]te sinay | Cap1, MB, Per2 |
| mo[n]te sinay | He2, Marc1 |
| mo[n]te synai | NB |
| Mo[nte] SINAI | Par3 |
| Mo[nte] sinay | Cors2 |
| monntte sinay | Cs1 |
| mont sinai | Pal8 |
| mont[e] sinai | Con4 |
| monte sinai | Fn6, NYPL3, Pal5, Ricc12 |
| Monte sinai | Clas2, Con3, NYPL1, NYPL2, Ricc1 |
| MONTE SINAI | Med3, Wie1 |
| MONTe SINAI | Ashb3 |
| Monte Sinai | Morg, Pal6, Pnc4 |
| monte sinay | Magl2 |
| Monte sinay | Fn9, Laur3, Ricc17 |
| monte sonai | Bal |
| Monte synai | Parm2 |
| Monte Synai | Luc2 |
| montesani | Magl4 |
| montte sinai | Pnc3 |
| sinai | Con1, He3, NYPL3, Pal6, Pal8, Ricc12, To2 |
| Sinai | Clas2, Magl2, Morg |
| Sinay | Cors2, Cs1, Laur3, Ricc8 |
| sinay | Ashb4, He2, Marc1, Pnc4 |
| Synai | Parm2 |
| SYNAY MONS | Pnc5 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Mount Sinai.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, May 3, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/mount-sinai/.