Tunis
- Ancient name
- Tunes
- Modern name
- Tunis
- Modern country
- Tunisia
- Coordinates
- 36.8, 10.17
In Dati's day, the Hafsid capital of Tunis was one of the wealthiest and grandest cities of the Islamic world, with a population of about 100,000. Dati compares it favorably in climate and terrain with his own city of Florence. Campbell #1686.
The toponym Tunis appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P149
Variant spellings of Tunis in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| t[...]arota | Ricc1 |
| tenes | Par1 |
| Tuni[zi] | Pad1 |
| tunis | Bal, Magl4, Ricc15 |
| tunise | NB |
| Tunisi | Fo, Magl2, Parm2, Per2, Ricc17, Wie1 |
| tunisi | Bal, Fn9, He2, Magl2, Marc1, ME2, NB, Pal8, Par1, Per2, Pnc5, Ricc15, Ricc8, Yale4 |
| tunisy | Laur3, Marc1 |
| tunizi | Ashb2, Cap1, He3, Laur5, Magl4, ME2, Pad1 |
| TUNIZI | Laur3, Luc2, Med1 |
| Tunizi | Marc2 |
| tusnisi | Pnc5 |
| Zunisi | He3 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Tunis.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/tunis/.