Pignatelia

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Pignatelia was an Italian measure of volume and roughly corresponded to a jug. The measure was common in Apulia and some places in Calabria .

  • 1 Pignatelia = 1 pint (Parisian) = about 0.95 liters

literature

  • Joseph Marx Liechtenstern: General German subject dictionary of all human knowledge and skills: or, Universal dictionary of all arts and sciences. Volume 7, FW Goedsche, Meißen 1836, p. 301
  • Johann Karl Gottfried Jacobsson, Otto Ludwig Hartwig, Gottfried Erich Rosenthal: Technological dictionary or alphabetical explanation of all useful mechanical arts, manufactories, factories and craftsmen, as well as all works, instruments, tools and artificial words occurring there, according to their nature and true usage. Volume 3, Friedrich Nicolai, Berlin / Stettin 1783, p. 253