Corba (unit)

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The corba was an old Italian measure of grain and liquids. In Bologna it was primarily used as a measure of wine and fruit. It can be interpreted with a basket.

Grain measure

  • 1 corba = 3720 Paris cubic feet = 73 ¾ liters
  • 1 Corba = 2 Stari = 8 Quarteroni (Quartiroli) = 32 Quarticeni = 0.0758 cubic meters
  • 1 Corba wheat = 160 Bologna pounds

Wine measure

  • 1 corba = 2 mezze
  • 1 corba = 7859.3 centiliters = 3962 Parisian cubic feet
  • 1 corba = 4 quarter rolls = 60 boccali = 240 foglietti = 0.0758 cubic meters

The quartarole was divided into 15 Boccali (beakers) or 60 Fogliette (vials).

According to another source 1 Corba = 3720 Paris cubic feet

The smaller measure Boccali, Boccale, Bocale stood for cup / cup and was more common: Turin, Milan, Rome and Sardinia.

Fruit measure

  • 1 Corba = 7864.5 centiliters 7859.3 centiliters = 3964.7 Parisian cubic feet
  • The Corba was divided into 2 stajos with 16 quarters.

deviation

According to another source, the Corba for fruit is the same as for wine = 78.593 liters .

  • 1 corba = 17.2978 imperial gallon
  • 1 Corba = 1.3884 Viennese bucket

Mezza-Corba , the half-basket, was half of the Corba.

  • 1 Mezza-Corba = 1860 Parisian cubic inches = 36 17/20 liters
  • 1 Mezza-Corba = 2 Quarterolen = 30 Boccali / mug = 120 Foglietti / glass

literature

  • Leopold Carl Bleibtreu: Handbook of coin, measure and weight, and bill of exchange, government paper, banking and shares in European and non-European countries and cities. Verlag von J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, page 23.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Franz Minsinger: textbook of arithmetic and algebra. Verlag der Karl Köllman'schen Buchhandlung, Augsburg 1832, p. 275.
  2. ↑ Franz Minsinger: textbook of arithmetic and algebra. Verlag der Karl Köllman'schen Buchhandlung, Augsburg 1832, p. 277.
  3. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag von Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, page 48.
  4. ↑ Leopold Carl Bleibtreu: Handbook of coin, measure and weight, and the bill of exchange, government paper, banking and shares in European and non-European countries and cities. Verlag von J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, page 72.
  5. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 195.