☙

quartarolo [Italian]

1

In various Italian cities, 15ᵗʰ – 19ᵗʰ centuries, a unit of dry capacity. Also spelled quarterola, quartaruola.

Locale	Local Term and Equivalents	Liters
Belluno	quartaruola,= ¼ calvia	2.994
Bologna	quartarola, quarterola; = ¼ staro = 4 quartuccioni	9.224
Padua	quartaruola; ¼ stajo	7.246
Parma	quartarolo; = ¹⁄₁₆ staro	3.213
Venice	quartarolo; = ¼ quarta = ¹⁄₁₆ staio	5.207
Vicenza	quartaruola; = ¹⁄₁₆ stajo	1.691

Doursther (1840); others.

Item legumi d'ogni sorte se vendeno a staro, a quarta, e a quartarolo la mazor parte... .

Item. Legumes of every sort are sold by the staro, the quarta, and for the most part by the quartarola...

Bartolommeo di Pasi.
Tariffa de' pesi e mesure con gratia et privilegio.
Venice, 1503.
As quoted in Edler, page 233.

In Bologna, Italy, a unit of liquid capacity =¼ corba = 15 boccali, about 19.65 liters. Others say 18.448 liters.

Doursther (1840), page 448.