mirro [Italian]

1

In Patras, 15th century, a wine measure = 1/40 – 1/50 Venetian anfora, about @ liters.

Vino si vende in Patras a mirro che centro mirri fanno in Vinegia amfori dua. Vino vi si vende in Chiarenza a mirri che cento mirri fanno in Vinegia amfori dua e mezo.

In Patras wine is sold by the mirro, such that 100 mirri make two Venetian anfora. In Chiarenza, wine is sold by a mirro such that 100 mirri make 2½ Venetian anfora.

Chiarini, 1481.

2

In Venice and Ancona, 15th century, a unit of liquid capacity used for oil, about @ liters.

Mirri xl d'olio d'Ancona fanno in Firenze orcia xxj e mezo.

Forty mirri of oil in Ancona make 21½ Florentine orcia.

Chiarini, 1481.