Zizari
- Ancient name
- Igilgili
- Modern name
- Jijel
- Modern country
- Algeria
- Coordinates
- 36.82, 5.77
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364111
Zizari—now Jijel, Algeria—was a port along the north African coast; a large gulf (now the Gulf of Béjaïa) separated it from Bugia to the west. Campbell #1719.
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M090
Variant spellings of Zizari in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| gigari | Ricc9 |
| ichari | ME2 |
| Igerii | Pad1 |
| Pizani | Con3 |
| titari | Fn6, Pal5 |
| z[...]i | NB |
| zeziri | Fn3 |
| zizan | Vat3 |
| zizara | Ricc1 |
| zizari | Bal, Barb4, Borg, Chig2, Con1, Con4, Cors2, Cs1, Fn12, He2, He3, Laur3, Laur5, Magl2, Marc1, NYPL1, NYPL2, NYPL3, Pal6, Par1, Per2, Pnc3, Pnc5, Ricc12, Ricc15, Ricc17, Ricc8, Spe, Urb1 |
| Zizari | BL02, Clas2, Fo, Morg, Parm2, Pnc4, Ricc14 |
| zizaria | Yale4 |
| zizarii | Fn9 |
| zizera | Pal8 |
| zizeri | Ricc13, Ricc6, Ro2 |
| zizery | Ricc11 |
| Zizzari | BL01 |
| zizzari | Barb3, Chig1, Fn8, New |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Zizari.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/zizari/.