In Genoa, 15th – 19th centuries, a unit of liquid capacity used for wine. According to Doursther, = 2 barili = 100 pinte = 180 amole, about 148.46 liters; Altés, however, says 160 liters.
Vino vi [in Genoa] si vende a mezaruole che le cinque mezaruole fanno una bocte di mena e barili dua fanno una mezeruola e cinto pincte fanno una mezeruola.
[In Genoa] wine is sold by the mezzaruola, such that 5 mezzaruola make a botte di mena and 2 barili make 1 mezzaruola and 100 pinte make 1 mezzaruola.
Chiarini, 1481.
In Provence, 14th century, a unit of capacity for oil,
E motato l'olio a f.2¾ la mezerola.
And ?motato? the oil at 2¾ florins/francs? per mezzaruola.
A Florentine writing in Avignon in 1386.
Archivio Datini. Cartella. Avignon.
As quoted in Edler.
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