On Jan 21, 2009, at 18:06, Thurlow Weed wrote:
One that has intrigued me, as there seem to be several values, is the
stone. Different values for different commodities.
One of the books I've been paging through slowly in the past few weeks
has an appendix with Currency and Measures in Rennaisance Florence. The
following weights are listed:
libbra (l.) = pound (ca 300g)
oncia (on.) = ounce (1/12 of a pound)
denaro (d.) = 1/24of an ounce (used for precious metals, small pearls
bought in bulk for embroidery, silver and gold buttons, and other
gilded and silvered dress ornaments, and for silve wire)
carato (ct.) = 1.24 of an ounce (used for larger gemstones, pearls,
etc.)
What gets me are the last two. Same weight. Both, basically, used to
measure precious items (though in two different kinds of businesses).
But two names... Go figure :)
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