Fandel (unit)

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The Fandel , also Fardel , Fardell and Italian Fardello , was a piece of measure in the trade in cloth goods, in addition to pack, bale and hem. The measure did not apply to linen cloths.

  • 1 Fandel = 95 Banchet

The Banchet was calculated with 22 to 24 cubits (after Brabant cubit ) of the region.

Had in Ulm and Italy

  • 1 Fardel or Fardello = 45 barchet towels of 24 yards each

For comparison:

  • 1 pack = 10 pieces of 22 cloths of 32 cubits each
  • 1 bale = 12 sheets of 32 cubits each
  • 1 hem = 22 cloths of 32 cubits each

Other uses in the Netherlands :

  • 1 Fandel = 1 pack of cinnamon

literature

  • L. Rothschilds: L. Rothschilds paperback for merchants. Verlag Otto Spamer, Leipzig 1861, p. 107.
  • Eduard Kreplin: The merchant at the height of his time. A complete presentation of today's commercial science, etc. Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Weimar 1865, p. 291.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, p. 90.
  2. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, p. 14.
  3. ↑ 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. 304.
  4. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world . Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, p. 90