Braccio

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The braccio ( Italian for, Arm '[ ' bratt∫o ]) was a Venetian length dimension which is between 54 cm in Parma and 75 cm in Kirchenstaat measured. The Braccio was almost everywhere divided into twelve parts (once, ounces ).

designation

A distinction was made between Braccio da lana , the large or wool- elle and Braccio da seta , the small or silk- elle. Both cubits were divided into quarters, quarti and sixteenths, quarti di quarto or sedecimi. In addition to the legally prescribed Austrian measures and weights, these measurements were also valid in Dalmatia , and they were

  • 1000 Braccio da lana = 877 Viennese cubits
  • 100 Braccio da seta = 82 Viennese cubits

An exception was made in Ragusa . Here the Braccio da lana (large cubit) was also referred to as Braccio di Ragusa or Ragusener cubit. A regulation from 1830 only allowed the use of this Ragusa cubit, but was undermined by the use of the small one.

  • 1 Braccio da lana / Ragusener cubit = 0.51255 meters = 227.210 Parisian lines (227.5) = 0.65778 Viennese cubits
  • 1 Ragusa cubit = ¾ Venetian Braccio da lana
  • 1000 Braccio di Ragusa = 658 Viennese cubits. This value was used in practice.

Today the measure is known in literature as Dubrovnik cubit. This large cubit is inserted in the base of the Roland figure (Orlando column) of the city and is now a sight.

Bergamo

  • 1 Braccio mercantile (Handelselle) = 0.65932 meters
  • 1 Braccio architettonico = 0.5314 meters

Bologna

  • 1 Braccio cubit = 0.64004 meters
  • 1 braccio da seta for silk = 0.595 meters
  • 1 Braccio da tela for canvas = 0.519 meters

Brescia

  • 1 Braccio da panno (Tuchelle) = 0.674 meters
  • 1 Braccio da tela and seta (linen or silk elbow) = 0.6404 meters

Papal States

  • 1 Braccio da mercante (merchant's Braccio) = 0.670 meters = 297 Parisian lines
  • 1 Braccio per le tele (Braccio canvas) = ​​0.635 meters = 281.5 Parisian lines
  • 1 Braccio d ara (Altar Braccio) = 6 Palmi sacri = ⅔ Canna d ara = 0.75 meters = 332.472 Parisian lines

(Evidence under) As Braccio mercantile = 84.82 cm, for buildings (passetto) = 67.03 cm, as Braccio da tessitore = 63.61 cm and as Braccio d'ara = 75 cm.

Mantua

  • 1 Braccio = 0.638 meters

Novara

  • 1 Braccio da seta = 0.52418 meters = 232.37 Parisian lines
  • 1 Braccio da panno = 0.66879 meters = 296.47 Parisian lines
  • 1 Braccio da fustagno ( cotton wave) = 0.5932 meters = 262.97 Parisian lines
  • 1 Braccio da legname (Holzelle) = 0.6062 meters = 268.73 Parisian lines

Padua

  • 1 Braccio da panno = 0.681 meters
  • 1 Braccio da seta = 0.6375 meters

Pavia

  • 1 Braccio = 12 Once = 144 Punti = 1728 Atomi = 0.595 meters

Ravenna

  • 1 Braccio da panno Tuchelle 0.643 meters
  • 1 Braccio da Leg name Holzelle 0.3475 meters

Roveredo

  • 1 Braccio da tela and da panno = 0.8149 Viennese cubits = 0.635 meters = 0.5425 (measure in Lyon)
  • 1 Braccio da seta = 0.9559 Viennese cubits = 0.7449 meters = 0.6344 rod (measure in Lyon)

Sinigaglia

  • 1 Braccio da seta and da panno = 0.664 meters
  • 1 Braccio da tela for native canvas = 0.782 meters

Treviso

  • 1 Braccio da panno = 0.6762 meters
  • 1 Braccio da seta = 0.634 meters

Trent

  • 1 Braccio da panno = 0.9009 Viennese cubits = 0.702 meters = 0.5978 rod (measure in Lyon)
  • 1 Braccio da seta = 0.8098 Viennese cubits = 0.631 meters = 0.5366 rod (measure in Lyon)

Udine

  • 1 Braccio da panno = 0.681 meters
  • 1 Braccio da seta = 0.63625 meters

Venice

  • 1 Braccio da lana (all fabrics except silk) = 0.683396 meters
  • 1 Braccio da seta = 0.638721 meters

Verona

  • 1 Braccio lungo = 0.649 meters
  • 1 Braccio corto = 0.64245 meters

Vicenza

  • 1 Braccio da panno = 0.6903 meters
  • 1 Braccio da seta = 0.6375 meters

See also

literature

  • Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback: Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios ..., Volume 2, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 988
  • Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. Publishing house GB Teuber, Leipzig 1855

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Herder's Conversations Lexicon . Freiburg im Breisgau 1854, Volume 1, p. 639
  2. CLW Aldefeld: The dimensions and weights of the German customs union states and many other countries and trading centers in their mutual relationships. Verlag JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart / Tübingen 1838, p. 45
  3. ^ Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight ..., Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 424
  4. ^ Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon , Volume 3. Leipzig, 1905, p. 296.