[Sca-cooks] volume of a pottle/pottel of wine

[James Prescott]

Doursther, Horace "Dictionnaire universel des poids et mesures anciens" 
says:

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POTTLE.  Mesure de capacité usitée en Angleterre, tant pour liquides que 
pour matière sèches, représentant la moitié du gallon.

         I. Liquides

Le pottle, mesure légale, = 2 quarts = 4 pintes = 16 gills, et contient 
5 <signe pour la livre avoirdupois d'Angleterre> avoirdupois d'eau 
distillée = 138.637 pouces cubes anglais = 2.27173 litres.
L'ancien pottle, mesure à vin, se divisait de même et valait 115 1/2 
pouces cubes anglais = 3.3324 pintes impériales = 1.8926 litre.
Le pot de St-Domingue, La Guadeloupe, Ste-Lucie et autres Antilles 
français, est l'ancien pottle anglais.
Voyez Pot.

       Matières sèches.

Le pottle, mesure légale, est égal à celui pour liquides, et se divise 
en 2 quarts = 4 pintes = 2.27173 litres.
Le pottle, ancienne mesure, dite de Winchester, se divise de même, et 
contient 134.4 pouces cubes anglais = 3.8778 pintes impériales = 2.2023 
litres.
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In translation and summary:
Modern, for liquid or dry measure, 2.27173 litres
Ancient, for wine, 1.8926 litres
Ancient, the 'Winchester' pottle, for dry materials, 2.2023 litres


I will be able to look at Zupko later today.


Thorvald


On 2013-02-20 04:31, Michelle Dean wrote:
> Evening all
>
> I'm trying to find out the volume of a pottel or pottle of wine for a
> particular recipe (it's for an entry in the
> blah-blah-secret-squirrel-A&S-Challenge-of-doooom being held here in the
> Barony). The only information I have found is that a pottel contains a
> half-gallon, or 2.3 litres (although the website that made that statement
> has not cited a source for that measurement).
>
> It may well be in Zupko's books on English or British weights and
> measurements, but I only have his volume on Italian weights and
> measurements in period, so that isn't of much help. And I only ordered the
> English one today, but I need the information somewhat more quickly than
> the US or Australian postal services can oblige.
>
> So any sources or information people on this list may have will be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Francesca
> Politarchopolis
> Lochac
>
>