Nile River
- Ancient name
- Nilus
- Modern name
- Nile River
- Modern country
- Egypt
- Coordinates
- 27.1988, 31.190289
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364317
Most of the Sfera maps label the Nile River by that name (Nilo or Nillo). Dati's text, however, notes two alternate names: First, the river's medieval Italian name, Caligine, literally translates to “fog” or “haze” but is actually an Italianization of Khalij, the Arabic word for “canal.” Secondly, the Biblical Gihon River was understood to be equivalent to the Nile. While the Gihon (Gion) appears on many Sfera maps as an eastern tributary of the Nile, Caligine does not appear on the maps at all, only in the poem.
The toponym Nile River appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P101
Variant spellings of Nile River in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| .f nilo | NB |
| .F. NILLO | BL02 |
| .f. nillo | Per2 |
| .f. nilo | Ashb4, Fo, Vat3 |
| .Fiume nilo | Vat3 |
| [fiume] nilo | Fn6, Pal5 |
| f delnilo | Marc1 |
| f Nila | Pnc3 |
| f nillo | Fn9, Ricc9 |
| f nilo | Ricc11, Ricc15, Ro2 |
| f. nillo | Laur3, Ricc9 |
| F. nillo | Morg |
| f. Nillo | Fn9 |
| F. Nilo | BL01, BL02, Pnc4 |
| f. nilo | Barb3, Barb4, Chig1, Morg, New |
| F. nilo | Ricc14 |
| f. Nilo | He2 |
| f.nillo | Con4, He3 |
| f[ium]e nilo | Ricc13 |
| f[iume] nillo | Con1 |
| F[iume] Nillo | Par3 |
| filo S | Ricc15 |
| fiu[me] nilo | Chig2 |
| fium[e] nillo | Ricc1 |
| fiume | Pnc3 |
| Fiume de nilo | Ashb6 |
| fiume del Nilo | Med1 |
| fiume del nilo | Pal6 |
| fiume delnilo | Luc2 |
| Fiume delnilo | Luc2 |
| fiume di[nilo] | MB |
| fiume dinillo | Pal8 |
| fiume n[...] | Ricc6 |
| fiume ni[...] | Ricc8 |
| fiume nilio | Vat2 |
| Fiume nillo | Vat2 |
| fiume nillo | Magl2, Med3, NYPL3, Pnc5, Ricc1 |
| fiume Nillo | Con4 |
| fiume nilo | Barb3, Borg, Chig1, Chig2, MB, NB, New, Ricc12, To2, Urb1 |
| Fiume Nilo | BL01, Ricc14, Wie1 |
| Fiume nilo | Ashb6, Parm2, Pnc4, Ricc12 |
| FIUME NILO | Med3 |
| fiume Nilo | He2 |
| FIVME NILO | Fn8, Wie1 |
| fume nilo | Ashb3 |
| nillo | Cs1, Laur3, Pnc5 |
| Nillo | Cors2, Magl2 |
| Nillo fiu[me] | Ricc6 |
| nillo fiume | Bal |
| Nillo fluminis | Con3 |
| nilo | He2, ME2, Pad1, Pal5, Ricc14, Spe |
| Nilo | Med1 |
| nilo f | NYPL3 |
| nilo f[iume] | Bos, Fn6 |
| Nilo fiume | Bos, Pal5 |
| NILO fiume | Fn8 |
| nilo fiume | Fn6, Laur5, Par1 |
| niLo fiume | Par1 |
| nilo fluminis | Ricc13 |
| nilo fluvius | Ricc11 |
| Nilus | Clas2 |
| nolo | Con3 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Nile River.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/nile-river/.