Sinope
- Ancient name
- Sinope
- Modern name
- Sinop
- Modern country
- Turkey
- Coordinates
- 42.03, 35.14
Sinope is a port built on an isthmus to a rocky outcrop, with bays on either side, on the southern shore of the Black Sea between Castelle and Simisso. Upon visiting in the 14th century, Ibn Battuta called it "a superb city which combines fortification with beautification." Campbell #1284; Gordeev 62–4.
The toponym Sinope appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P131
Variant spellings of Sinope in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| [...]inop | He3 |
| ginopi | Bal, Laur5 |
| Senopi | Ashb7 |
| Sinop | Morg |
| sinop[i] | Pal6 |
| sinopi | Con1, Fn6, Marc1, Med2, Pal5, Pal8, Pnc3, Ricc12, Tre |
| Sinopi | Ashb7, Cap1, Con3, Con4, Cors2, Magl2, Marc2, Med1, NB, Parm2, Pnc4, Pnc5, Ricc15, Ricc8, Yale4 |
| SINOPIA | Pnc5 |
| sinopoi | Pad1 |
| sinopoli | Fn9 |
| Sinoppi | Clas2 |
| Sinopy | Cs1, Laur3, Per2 |
| Sonopi | NYPL2 |
| Sonopy | Ricc17 |
| Synopi | Luc2 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Sinope.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, May 3, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/sinope/.