Brenta (measure of measure)

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Solothurn herdsman with milking stool , brente and stick

Brenta , also Brente , was a measure of measure that was used in Italy and Switzerland . It was comparable to the German bucket .

In Freiburg and Solothurn one Brenta was equivalent to 34, in Turin = 49, in Bergamo = 55, in Milan = 62 and in Rome = 154 Berlin quart (= 1.145 liters).

The dimensional chains were very different in the respective regions:

In Italy
  • Alessandria and Turin
    • 1 Brenta = 6 Rubbi = 36 Pints = 72 Boccali = 144 Quartini ~ 56.1 liters
  • Bergamo
    • 1 brenta = 55 quart ~ 63.0 liters
  • Milan
    • 1 Brenta = 3 Stara = 6 Mine = 12 Quartari = 48 Pints ​​= 96 Boccali ~ 71.0 liters
  • Rome
    • 1 brenta = 3 barili = 66 boccali = 264 foglietti ~ 176.3 liters
  • Verona
    • 1 brenta = 16 basses
In Switzerland
  • Bern
  • Freiburg and Solothurn
    • 1 Brenta = 5 supports = 25 measures ~ 38.9 liters
  • Ticino
    • 1 brenta = 33 pints = 66 cups (Boccali)

See also

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete handbook of coins, measurements and weights of all countries in the world ...., Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, p. 28.
  • Leopold Carl Bleibtreu: Handbook of coin, measure and weight and the exchange-government paper, banking and stock system of European and non-European countries and cities. Published by J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, p. 274

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Association of scholars: General German conversation lexicon for the educated of every class. Reichenbach Brothers, Leipzig 1840, Volume 2, p. 333