Tortosa
- Ancient name
- (Ant)Aradus
- Modern name
- Tartus
- Modern country
- Syria
- Coordinates
- 34.88, 35.88
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364356
Tortosa (now Tartus, Syria) was a major Crusader port between Tripoli and Antioch, especially under the Knights Templar (1152–88), but lost its prominence under Mamluk control. It should not be confused with the city by the same name in Spain. Campbell #1500.
The toponym Tortosa appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P144
Variant spellings of Tortosa in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| fortosa | Fn3 |
| tartosa | Ricc13, Ro2 |
| Tertosa | Morg |
| tor(to)sa | NYPL3 |
| torsosa | Med2, NYPL3 |
| torto[sa] | Fn3 |
| Tortosa | BL01, BL02, Cap1, Clas2, Con3, Cors2, Cs1, Fo, Marc2, Morg, NB, NYPL2, New, Par2, Par4, Parm2, Pnc4, Ricc14, Ricc17, Ricc8, Spe, Urb2, Vat3 |
| tortosa | Bal, Barb3, Barb4, Borg, Cap1, Chig1, Chig2, Con1, Con4, Cors2, Fn6, Fn8, Fn9, He1, He2, He3, Laur3, Laur5, ME2, Magl2, Magl4, Marc1, Med2, Med3, NB, NYPL1, New, Pad1, Pal5, Pal6, Pal8, Par1, Par4, Per2, Pnc3, Pnc5, Ricc11, Ricc12, Ricc13, Ricc15, Ricc17, Ricc6, Ricc8, Ricc9, Ro2, Spe, Tre, Urb1, Yale4 |
| tortosA | Ricc9 |
| tortosai | Pnc5 |
| Tortossa | Luc2, Med1, Par4 |
| tortoxa | Fn9, Laur3 |
| torttosa | Con1 |
| ttorttoxa | Ashb7 |
| turtosa | Fn12 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Tortosa.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/tortosa/.