Sale
- Ancient name
- Sala
- Modern name
- Salé
- Modern country
- Morocco
- Coordinates
- 34.05, -6.8
Today the city of Sale is a commuter town for the larger city of Rabat, on the opposite (south) bank of the Bou Regreg Tiver. Most of the Sfera maps show a river going through Fez debouching into the Atlantic at Sale, but the Bou Regreg (Rabat/Sale) and the Sebou River (of which the Fez River is a tributary) are not actually connected. Note that Sale and the Silk Road oasis of Sarai both appear as salla on Sfera maps. Campbell #1810.
The toponym Sale appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P171
Variant spellings of Sale in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| sale | Ashb2, Fn12, Fn3, Magl4, NB, NYPL3, Par1, Per2, Ricc12, Ricc15 |
| Sale | Clas2, Con1, Con3, Con4, Fn9, He2, He3, Morg, Pal8, Parm2, Ricc8 |
| salla | Bal, Pad1, Pnc3 |
| Salla | Marc2, Pnc5 |
| salle | Cs1, Laur3, Laur5, ME2, NYPL2, Pal6 |
| Salle | Cap1, Cors2, Fo, Luc2, Magl2, Med1, Pal5, Pnc4, Ricc17 |
| salon | Med2 |
| selle | Marc1 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Sale.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, May 3, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/sale/.