In Avignon, 14th century, a unit of mass, = 1/3 oncie, about @ grams.
Angliolo di Bonaiuto e chopagni deone avere ... per ij oncie e j ternale di frangia di seta azurra per s.xv l'oncia ... £j s.xj d.x
2 oncia and 1 ternale of frangia of blue silk at 15 shillings per oncia...1 lira 11 soldi 10 denari. [31 10/12 soldi divided by 15 is 2.12 oncia, not 2.33.]
A Florentine writing in Avignon, 1369.
Archivio Datini. Reg. 18.
As quoted in Edler, page 294.
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