Orna

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The Orna , Orne or Urna was a liquid measure primarily for wine in the Austrian kingdom of Illyria . The measure corresponded to the volume measure of the bucket . However, it was different in size in the various cities on the Adriatic .

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Later, the old Trieste Orna, also named Irme, was equated with the Barile / Barille.

  • 1 old Trieste Orna = 36 old Barile / barrel = 66.0394 liters

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. Published by J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863.
  • Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback; Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios…. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851.

Individual evidence

  1. Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of the coins, dimensions and weights of all countries in the world…. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 219.
  2. M. Mendelssohn: Handbook of coin, measure and weight, taking into account the new coin and weight system, with detailed reduction tables. Horvarth'sche Buchhandlung, Potsdam 1859, p. 127.