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

• A hand's breadth
• Old weights and measures (ancient)
• Byzantine Studies

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Albert Forbiger: Handbook of ancient geography. Volume 1, Verlag Mayer and Wigand, Leipzig 1842, p. 554
2. ^ Johann Samuel Traugott Gehler: Johann Samuel Traugott Gehler's physical dictionary. Volume 6, EB Schwickert, Leipzig 1836, p. 1233