Bocale

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The bocale , also boccale , was an Italian measure of volume, especially for liquids. It was the Italian cup or goblet . The measure was not uniform.

  • Alessandria , Turin and mainland Sardinian cities
  • Ancona ( Papal States )
    • 1 bocale = 70 ⅓ Parisian cubic inches = 1 19/50 liters
    • 48 Boccali = 1 soma
  • Bologna (Papal States)
    • 1 Boccale = 4 Fogliette / bottle = 62 Parisian cubic inches = 1 11/5 liters
    • 15 boccali = 1 quarterola
    • 60 Boccali = 1 Corba / basket
  • Austrian Gubernium of Milan
    • Brecia 1 Boccale = 34 ¾ Parisian cubic inches = 7/10 liters
    • 2 boccali = 1 pint
    • Milan 1 Boccale = 39 11/25 Parisian cubic inches = 4/5 liters
    • 96 Boccali = 1 Brente
  • Rome wine, brandy
    • 1 Boccale = 4 Fogliette = 16 Cartocci = 71.7 Parisian cubic inches = 1.7 liters
  • Rome oil sales retail
    • 1 Boccale = 4 Fogliette = 16 Cartocci = 95 16/25 Parisian cubic inches = 2 liters
    • 28 Boccali = 1 baril
  • Rome oil sales wholesale
    • 1 boccale = 103 Paris cubic inches = 2 1/20 liters
    • 80 Boccali = 1 soma
  • Florence , Tuscany
    • Wine
    • 1 Boccale = 2 Mezzete = 4 Quartucci = 52.5 Parisian cubic inches = 1 1/25 liters
    • 2 Boccali = 1 Fiasco / bottle
    • 40 Boccali = 1 baril
    • oil
    • 1 boccale = 54 Paris cubic inches = 1.1 liters
    • 16 Boccali = 1 Fiasco
    • 32 Boccali = 1 Boccale
  • Trieste
    • Wine
    • 1 Boccale = 91 19/20 Parisian cubic inches = 1 23/25 liters
    • 36 Boccali = 1 orna
  • Venice
    • 1 Boccale = 62 9/20 Parisian cubic inches = 1 6/25 liters
    • 128 Boccali = 2 Conzi = 1 Biconzia
  • Cephalonia
    • 1 boccale = 2 quartucci = 35 3/5 Parisian cubic inches = 7/11 liters
    • 72 Boccali = 1 baril (wine)
  • Ithaca
    • 1 boccale = 53 ⅔ Parisian cubic inches = 1 3/50 liters
    • 64 boccali = 128 quartucci = 1 baril (wine)
  • Grandisca
  • Canton Ticino (Italian Switzerland )
    • 1 cup (Boccale) = 38 17/20 Parisian cubic inches = 11/14 liters
    • 33 pints = 1 pint
    • 2 cups = 1 pint

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 23.
  • Johann J. Prechtl: Yearbooks of the Imperial Royal Polytechnic Institute in Vienna. Volume 10, Verlag Carl Gerold, Vienna 1827, p. 222.