Plural, some.
In the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venice (which included the cities of Milan and Venice), the name given to the hectoliter in 1803. It was divided into 10 mine = 100 pinte = 1000 coppi.
A pack animal load, 15th century.
Spezie era al Chairo asai per venire in Alesandria, e a Domascho era giunto una charovana de la Meche da some 3600 e un altra da some 300, ch'è gran soma; che vi si troverà la chonperare farà bene.
Spices were at Cairo intended for sale in Alexandria, and at Damascus joined a caravan of Mecca of 3600 some and another of 300 some, which is a lot of soma; whoever is there to buy it will do well.
A writer in Venice in 1403.
Archivio Datini. Cartella.
Barcelona 85. As quoted in Edler.
In Pera and Tana, 15th century, a unit of mass, about @ grams.
Somo uno d'ariento della Azov fa un Firenze once 7 danar 7.
One soma of silver in Azov makes in Florence 7 oncia 7 denari.
Chiarini, 1481.
Various units of liquid capacity.
| Locale | Source | Liters | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancona | 1 | = 2 barili = 48 boccali = 192 fogliette | 85.92 |
| Bastia, Corsica | 1 | = ½ baril = 6 zucche = 56 pinte or boccali = 216 quarti | 70 |
| Florence | 1 | for oil. = 2 barili = 32 fiaschi = 64 boccali. Other writers report that | 66.85 |
| 2 | in the 15th century, for wine, = 2 barili | 91.16 | |
| Livorno | 1 | for oil. = 2 barili = 32 fiaschi = 64 boccali | 66.85 |
| Rome | 1 | for oil. = 2 pelli or mastelli = 20 cugnatelli = 80 boccali. Expected weight, 440 libbra (149 kilograms) | 164.25 |
| Sinigaglia | 1 | for wine. | 118 |
1. Doursther, 1840.
2. Amanda Lillie.
Florentine Villas in the Fifteenth Century. An Architectural and Social
History.
Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Various units of dry capacity.
| Locale | liters | |
|---|---|---|
| Bergamo | =1/10 carro = 8 staja = 12 quarte = 48 copelle | 165.67 |
| Brescia | = 12 quarts | 146 |
| Milan | old measure, for rice. = 12 staja. Expected to weigh 250 libbra grossa (175 kilograms) | 219.35 |
| Trente | = 8 staja | 169 |
Doursther, 1840.
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