Role (unit)

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Rolle was a counting measure and was limited to the fish, leather, fur and canvas trade.

Germany

  • 1 roll of parchment = 5 dozen = 60 pieces of skins

In Hamburg 1 roll = 1 weave = 72 pieces (cubits). The weave had 6 dozen or 72 pieces.

  • 1 roll of canvas = 72 cubits (there were also exceptions with 1 roll = 50 cubits.)

In Stralsund and Wolgast , linen was also one of the piece measures for canvas

  • 1 roll = 3 sheets
    • 1 sheet = 30 cubits

Duvets, including blankets and decorative blankets, were made up and traded according to rolls with different quantities and sizes.

  • 1 roll with 8 pieces, each 3½ cubits long and 2½ cubits wide
  • 1 roll with 7 pieces, each 3 ¾ cubits long and 2 ¾ cubits wide
  • 1 roll with 6 pieces, each 3 ⅞ cubits long and 2 ⅞ cubits wide
  • 1 roll with 5 pieces, each 4 to 4 ¼ cubits long and 3 cubits wide
  • 1 roll with 4 pieces, each 4½ cubits long and 3¼ cubits wide
  • 1 roll with 3 pieces, each 5 ¼ cubits long and 4 cubits wide

Russia

In trade with Yuchten in Russia , the role was quality-dependent and fraudulent

  • 1 roll of first variety or Gave = 6 pieces or
  • 1 roll of Malje = 10 pieces

A pack consisted of 10 to 20 rolls, wrapped with a piece of rubber of the poorest quality (domaschna).

India

Here the role in East India is a unit of mass (measure of weight).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Leopold Carl Bleibtreu : Handbook of coin, measure and weight and the exchange, government paper, banking and stock system of European and non-European countries and cities. Verlag von J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, pages 237, 244.
  2. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, pages 280, 371.
  3. ^ Johann Carl Dähnert: Collection of common and special Pomeranian and Rügischer Land documents, laws, privileges, treaties, constitutions and regulations. Volume 2, Christian Lorenz Struck, Stralsund 1786, p. 755.
  4. ↑ Albert F. Jöcher: Complete lexicon of commodity science in all its branches. Volume 1, Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1839, p. 137.
  5. ↑ Trade dictionary or encyclopedia of all trade sciences. Volume 4, Schäfer, Verlag von Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1849, page 340, 479.
  6. ↑ Leipzig concise dictionary of trading, accounting and goods knowledge together with a European trading address book: containing the companies and businesses of the most important trading houses in all of Europe. Dictionary from N – Z and appendix. Volume 2, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1819, p. 554.