Palaces
The palais , also palaces or palaces (Doron), was a Greek measure of length and stood for the so-called cross hand, that is, the hand width over four fingers. The measure has been known since ancient times . In Roman usage it was palmus , from which the measure palm (e) arose . The difference in the human hand resulted in a variable size, which is known with different measurements.
- 1 palace = ¼ foot (Greek) = 8 133/240 Parisian lines
- 1 palace = 0.077 meters
- ¼ Palais = 1 dactylos / finger
- 4 palaces = 1 foot
- 8 fingers = 2 palaises = 1 dichas
The dichas was understood as the space between the thumb and forefinger.
See also
literature
- Ludwig Fenner von Fenneberg: Investigations into the length, field and path dimensions of the peoples of the ancient world, especially the Greeks and the Jews. Ferdinand Dümmler's publishing house, Berlin 1859, p. 52
- Oscar Mothes: Illustrated Building Lexicon: N – Z. Verlagbuchhandlung Otto Spamer, Leipzig / Berlin 1868, p. 54