Brazze

The Brazze , or Bracca , was a measure of length in Tyrol and around Milan . It was a name for the foot . The measure was different in the areas of application.

In Bozen , also called Bozener Brazze / Braccio, 1 Brazze = 243 ⁷ ⁄ ₁₀  Parisian lines = 0.5497 meters .

In Lodi : 1 Brazze = 202 ¹ ⁄ ₅  Parisian lines = ⁹ ⁄ ₂₀ meters

Note the spelling: Brazza was a measure for liquids and was 0.23895 hectoliters in size.

literature

Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, the government papers, the exchange and banking and the customs of all countries and ports. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, DNB 573869324 .

Individual evidence

^ Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight ..., Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 141.
^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 26.

[1] Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight ..., Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 141.

[2] Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 26.