Quartaro

The Quartaro was an Italian measure of volume. The difference in the size of the measure made the goods for the measurement and on the other hand the region.

Grain measure

The dimensions refer to Milan .

• 1 quartaro = 230 ⅜ Parisian cubic inches = 4 5/9 liters
• 2 quartari = 1 starello
• 4 quartari = 1 staro
• 32 quartari = 1 moggio
• 64 quartari = 1 rubbo
• 896 quartari = 1 mina

liquid measure

General

• 1 quartaro = 4 pints = 8 boccali = 300 Parisian cubic inches = 5 19/20 liters
• 2 quartaro = 1 mina
• 4 quartaro = 1 star
• 12 quartaro = 1 brenta

Sicily

In Sicily , 8 quartari were required for a salma for a wine measure and 96 quartari were required for one tonna.

• Messina and Palermo 1 quartaro = 1.5 quartucci = 552 Parisian cubic inches = 10.9 liters
• Syracuse 1 quartaro = 490 ⅝ Parisian cubic inches = 9.7 liters

literature

• Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 262