Manipel (unit)

This article deals with the old unit of measurement, the Manipel; for liturgical clothing see Manipel (liturgical clothing) and for military unit Manipel see Manipel .

Manipel (Latin manipulus and manipula : handful ) was a pharmacist's weight for dry substances and should be half an ounce . It had the meaning of a handful, corresponding to the contents of a cupped hand as a measure of capacity. The measurement was taken when the exact weight was not important. The maniple was used in the scope of the Nuremberg medicinal weight.

• 1 maniple = ½ ounce

literature

• Pierer's Universal Lexicon of the Past and Present or the latest encyclopedic dictionary. Volume 1, HA Pierer, Altenburg 1857, p. 616.