Quarto (unit)

The quarto was a measure of volume and weight. The measure was used in Spain and Italy as a measure of grain and oil . He was also the gold and silver weight in these countries, but only in some regions. Different terms for the measure as a middle name were independent measures in other regions. These include quart , quarter , quarters or four of a kind. The quarticello is the fourth part of the quarto and is the quarter measure. The quarto is also worth mentioning as the currency base in Spain, South America and East India .

Grain measure

• Genoa 1 quarto = 12 Cambetto = 735 ½ Parisian cubic inches = 14 11/20 liters
  • 8 quarti (quarter) = 1 mina
• Papal states here the measure is called the quarta and was about 66.75 liters
  • 4 fourths = 1 bubblo
• Sicily Island 1 quarto = 271 ¼ Parisian cubic inches = 5 ⅜ liters
  • 4 quarti = 1 tomolo (for legumes )
  • 64 quarti = 1 salma grossa
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany 1 quarto = 4 metadelli / mezzette = 8 quartucci = 307 Parisian cubic inches = 6 1/12 liters
  • 2 quarti = 1 mina
  • 4 quarti = 1 stajo
  • 12 quarti = 1 sacco

Gold and silver weight

• Spain
  • 1 mark = 32 quarti
  • 4 quartos = 1 onca
  • 1 quarto = 4 adarmes = 144 granos
  • Barcelona 1 quarto = 8.5 grams
  • Valencia 1 quarto = 7 1/5 grams
• Italy
  • 1 marca = 32 quarti
  • 4 quart = 1 oncia
  • Venice 1 quarto = 6 denari = 36 carati = 144 grani = 7 9/20 grams

Oil measure

See main article: Quarto as an oil measure

literature

• FA Niemann : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 266.
• Joseph Johann von Littrow , Carl Ludwig von Littrow : Comparison of the most excellent measures, weights and coins with those used in the Austrian imperial state. Beck, 1844.
• Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships . Volume 2, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851.