jointée [French]

In France, 12ᵗʰ – 19?ᵗʰ centuries, a unit of capacity = as much grain or salt as can be held in two hands pressed together, considered a fraction of a boisseau. Also called a juncta or jonteia.

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, 1865.
Page 78.

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