bichet [French]

In parts of France and Switzerland, a unit of dry capacity used for grain, most being, like the minot, = ¼ setier. But not always. For example, in Sainte-Colombe, 13^th century, 10 bichets by the standard of Troyes = 2 petite setiers.¹

Locality	Equivalents and comments	Capacity in liters
Autreville, Lorraine	= 6 Parisian boisseaux	78
Beáune, Côte-d'Or	= 6 mesures or boisseaux = 18 Parisian boisseaux	234
Bellegarde, Creuse	= 16 boisseaux of Paris	208
Bourbonne-le-Bains	= 1/5 émine	54
Châlons-sur-Saône	= 8 mesures = 14 2/5 boisseaux of Paris	188
Chaumont, Haut-Marne	72 poids de marc of wheat	47
Choiseul, Haut-Marne	= 1/5 émine, about 82 poids de marc of wheat	54
Fribourg (Switzerland)	= 1/8 sac = 2 quarterons = 12 immi	15.97
Geneva	= ½ coupe	38.83
St. Hubert (Belgium)		19.90
Langres, Haute-Marne	= 1/8 émine = 3¾ boisseaux of Paris	49
Lyon	= 1/6 asnée = 4 coupes = 16 picotins	31.97
Nuits, Côte-d'Or	= 1.1 asnée of Lyon	211
Sarrebourg, Meurthe	= 23 poids de marc of wheat	15
Toul, Meurthe	= 134 poids de marc of wheat	88
Tournus, Saône et Loire	= 16 mesures or boisseaux, = 19.2 boisseaux of Paris	250
St. Trivier, Ain	= 1.2 asnée of Lyon	230
Vaucouleurs, Meuse	= 88 poids de marc of wheat	58
Verdun, Meuse	= 8 mesures = 15 boisseaux of Paris	196
Void, Meuse	67 poids de marc of wheat	44

1.Félix Bourquelot.
Études sur les Foires de Champagne…
Mémoires préséntes par divers savants a l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres de l'Institute Impérial de France. 2nd series, volume 5.
Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, 1845.
Page 78.

home

units index

help

privacy