the 1st = 12 nummi = 1 bes.
the 2nd = 6 nummi
the 3rd = 3 nummi
the 4th = 2 nummi
the 5th = 1 nummi = 24 units
of 4 siliquae each.
the 6th = 12 units of 4 siliquae each.
the 7th = 6 units of 4 siliquae each.
the 8th = 3 units of 4 siliquae each.
the 9th = 2 units of 4 siliquae each.
the 10th = 1 units of 4 siliquae each.
And so with them, just as with our own people, the mark is divided into
two hundred and eighty-eight grenlíns, and by the people of Nuremberg it is
divided into two hundred and fifty-six pfennige. Lastly, the Venetians divide
the bes into eight unciae. The uncia into four sicilici, the sicilicus into
thirty-six siliquae. They make twelve weights, which they use whenever they
wish to assay alloys of silver and copper. Of these
two hundred and eighty-eight grenlíns, and by the people of Nuremberg it is
divided into two hundred and fifty-six pfennige. Lastly, the Venetians divide
the bes into eight unciae. The uncia into four sicilici, the sicilicus into
thirty-six siliquae. They make twelve weights, which they use whenever they
wish to assay alloys of silver and copper. Of these
the 1st = 8 unciae = 1 bes.
the 2nd = 4 uncíae
the 3rd = 2 uncíae
the 4th = 1 uncíae or
4 sícílicí.
the 5th = 2 sícilícˊ.
the 6th = 1 sícilicus.
the 7th = 18 siliquae.
the 8th = 9 siliquae.
the 9th = 6 siliquae.
the 10th = 3 siliquae.
the 11th = 2 siliquae.
the 12th = 1 siliquae.
Since the Venetians divide the bes into eleven hundred and fifty-two siliquae,
or two hundred and eighty-eight units of 4 siliquae each, into which number
our people also divide the bes, they thus make the same number of siliquae,
and both agree, even though the Venetians divide the bes into smaller
divisions.
or two hundred and eighty-eight units of 4 siliquae each, into which number
our people also divide the bes, they thus make the same number of siliquae,
and both agree, even though the Venetians divide the bes into smaller
divisions.
This, then, is the system of weights, both of the greater and the lesser
kinds,
which metallurgists employ, and likewise the system of the lesser weights
which coiners and merchants employ, when they are assaying metals and
coined money. The bes of the larger weight with which they provide them
selves when they weigh large masses of these things, I have explained in my
work De Mensuris et Ponderibus, and in another book, De Precio Metallorum
et Monetis.
which metallurgists employ, and likewise the system of the lesser weights
which coiners and merchants employ, when they are assaying metals and
coined money. The bes of the larger weight with which they provide them
selves when they weigh large masses of these things, I have explained in my
work De Mensuris et Ponderibus, and in another book, De Precio Metallorum
et Monetis.
There are three small balances by which we weigh ore, metals, and
fluxes. The first, by which we weigh lead and fluxes, is the largest among these
smaller balances, and when eight unciae (of the greater weights) are placed in
one of its pans, and the same number in the other, it sustains no damage.
The second is more delicate, and by this we weigh the ore or the metal, which
is to be assayed; this is well able to carry one centumpondium of the lesser
fluxes. The first, by which we weigh lead and fluxes, is the largest among these
smaller balances, and when eight unciae (of the greater weights) are placed in
one of its pans, and the same number in the other, it sustains no damage.
The second is more delicate, and by this we weigh the ore or the metal, which
is to be assayed; this is well able to carry one centumpondium of the lesser
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