Samos
- Ancient name
- Samos
- Modern name
- Samos
- Modern country
- Greece
- Coordinates
- 37.73, 26.84
Samos is an island in the Aegean Sea north of Kos and south of Chios, off the coast of Asia Minor. Like Chios, it was controlled by the Genoese Giustiniani family in the later Middle Ages. Campbell #1398d.
The toponym Samos appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P119
Variant spellings of Samos in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| ESAMO | Pal5 |
| esamo | Laur5, Yale4 |
| examo | Bal, Luc2, Med1 |
| FAMO | Ashb3 |
| famo | Ricc1 |
| Famo | Par3 |
| FANO | Med3, Wie1 |
| iamo | Pnc3 |
| iano | Pal8 |
| sa[x]mo | Ricc12 |
| samo | Ashb7, Cs1, ME2, Marc1, NYPL3, Per2 |
| Samo | Ashb7, Magl2, Parm2, Pnc5 |
| sciamo | Ricc15 |
| siamo | Tre |
| Xama | NB |
| Xamo | Con1, Con4, Cors2, Fn9, He2, Laur3, Morg |
| xamo | Clas2, Fo, He3, Med2 |
| zamo | Fn12 |
| Zamo [?] | Ricc8 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Samos.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, May 3, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/samos/.