St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai
- Modern name
- Sinai, St Catherine's Monastery
- Modern country
- Sinai peninsula
- Coordinates
- 28.59, 33.92
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364058
The ancient monastery of St Catherine's, Sinai, is the world's oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery. It is a major feature of Mount Sinai on the Sfera maps, sometimes in highly fanciful depictions.
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M031
Variant spellings of St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| .S. Cate[r]ina | Clas2 |
| .S.chaterina | He3 |
| Monte di s[an]c[t]a Katherina | Urb2 |
| S. caterina | Pal6 |
| S. Catherina | Med1 |
| S. Katerina | Pal6 |
| S[an]c[...] | Par1 |
| S[an]c[t]a cate/rina | Con1 |
| S[an]c[t]a Catelina | Fo |
| S[an]c[t]a Caterina | Cors2, Ricc17, Vat3 |
| S[AN]C[T]A CATERINA | Ashb3, Med3 |
| s[an]c[t]a caterina | Med2, Pal5, Ricc8 |
| S[an]c[t]a caterina | NB, Per2 |
| s[an]c[t]a caterjna | Pal5 |
| S[an]c[t]a chaterina | Fn6, MB, NYPL1 |
| s[an]c[t]a k[a]terina | Fn6 |
| S[an]c[t]a K[a]terina | Con4, Fn9, He2, Marc1, Marc2, Morg |
| S[AN]C[T]A K[AT]ERINA | Ricc6 |
| S[an]c[t]a kat[er]ina | Barb4 |
| S[an]c[t]a Katerina | Barb3 |
| s[an]c[t]a katerina | Fn12 |
| S[an]c[t]a katerina | Cap1 |
| S[AN]C[T]A KATERINA | Wie1 |
| s[an]cta katerina | New |
| s[an]cta katherina | Ro2 |
| S[anc]ta caterina | Laur3, Magl2 |
| s[anc]ta catherina | Ro2 |
| s[anc]ta k terina | Ricc11 |
| s[anc]ta k[a]telina | ME2 |
| S[anc]ta Katerina | Cs1 |
| s[anc]ta kterina | Ricc11 |
| S[ancta] caterina | Chig1 |
| S[ant]a HATERINA | Ricc1 |
| S[anta] chaterina | Pnc3 |
| S[anta] K[a]terina | Par3 |
| Sa[n]c[t]a caterina | Ricc12 |
| Sa[n]cta Katerina | Pnc4 |
| Sa[n]ta cate[rina] | Ricc15 |
| Sa[n]ta chaterina | Ricc13, Yale4 |
| Sa[n]ta Katerina | Borg |
| sa[n]ta katerina | Ricc13 |
| SA[nct]A KteriNA | Ricc9 |
| Sa[ncta] chaterina | Chig2 |
| san[n]ta Katerina | Fn3 |
| Sancta Caterin[...] | BL01 |
| Sancta caterina | Par4 |
| Sancta Caterina | Parm2 |
| Sancta chatarina | Ashb6 |
| sancta chaterina | Urb1 |
| Sancta chaterina | Con3 |
| Sancta k(a)terina | Bos |
| sancta k[a]tarina | Spe |
| Sancta k[a]terina | He1 |
| sancta katerina | Vat2 |
| Sancta katerina | BL02 |
| sancta Katerina | Fn3 |
| santa caterina | Ashb2 |
| Santa cha terina | Ricc15 |
| SANTA CHATERINA | Fn8 |
| Santa chaterina | NYPL2, NYPL3, Tre |
| santa chaterina | Bal, Laur5, Magl4, Pal8 |
| santachaterina | Laur5 |
| Sepultura di S[an]c[t]a chatherina | Luc2 |
| Sta Katerina | Ricc14 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/st-catherines-sinai/.