A discourse of the Roman foot, and Denarius: from whence, as from two principles, the measures, and weights, used by the ancients, may be deduced (1647)
Greaves, John, 1602-1652 · London : Printed by M. F. for William Lee · leaf 14
quities, then I think^anj of them above na-med jingle, I thought it would not be unacceptable,if I did. Of it is the manner of Travellers , pnblifi>At home,fuch obferi/ations, and difcoveries y as Imade abroad. The which I humbly dedicate to Tott,as out of a defire to exprejfe my gratitude for… … Hat the foot was the moft recei-ved, and ufuall meafure amongltthe Romans,asthe cubit amongftthe Jews, is a thing not contro-verted by any* ^01^ Poljbius de-fcnbing their ScHtti, makes it in hreadth over thebend t^o\_^OV[izrit~\feet and an half,and in lengthfour feet: or, if it be of a greater…
Weights and measures
Internet Archive · California Digital Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from Torat ha-mashi'ah : Euangelium secundum Matthaeum in lingua Hebraica, cum uersione Latina, atque annotationibus Seb. Munsteri = Hinnah lakhem ha-meshihiyim ve-ha-yehudiyim torat ha-Elohim hadashah u-kedoshah u-teminah ha-Nikhtavah al yede Matti hamevaser bi-leshon ha-kodesh al l [sic] limud ve-al ayyim shel Adonenu Yeshua ha-Mashia im atakah bi-leshon Romiyi ve-'im kotser ha-perushim : vnà cum epistola D. Pauli ad Hebraeos, Hebraicè & Latinè (1557)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-torathamashiaheu00mnst-337-27.webp)
![An illustration from VIrtVosIVs pantheon, Deo & sanCtIs ereCtVM, id est, Sermones panegyrici de praecipuis sacrorum ordinum fundatoribus, patriarchis, aliisque terrarum patronis, ad normam & formam Psalmo-graphi, Psal. 148.v.I : LaVDate IpsVM In eXCeLsIs : insertis nonnullis festis de B.M.V. de circumcisione Domini &c. & duodecim signis praedestinationis, quorum singula singulis mensibus praefiguntur cum symbolis chrono-graphicis, & figuris = Das ist, Lob-Predigen von denen fürnehmsten heil. Ordens-Stifftern, Patriarchen, und andern heiligen Lands-Patronen : dann auch auff etwelchen Mariae-Festtägen, und von denen 12. Zeichen der göttlichen Gnaden-Wahl, deren jedes jedem Monat vorgesetzt wird : pars [I-III] (1723)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-virtvosivspanthe00brez-17-4.webp)