litra
Libra. Constitutio Odonis Legati in Syria contra Simoniacos ann. 1254 :
Item cum propinqui defuncti faciunt fieri aliquod monumentum lapideum in cœmeterio subtus terram, coguntur solvere unam Litram olei, quæ continet 4. quarteronos, vel aliud pretium, etc.
Cum pelliciis... Tyria purpura, vel diacedrina Litra decoratis... procedebant.Vox contracta ut videtur, ex
Litura. Quippe
Litura, uti limbus, lineam quamdam efficit. Papias :
Venerandarum imaginum acerba dejectio, et divini vultus Litura deformis.Ex
Litraformata vox
Item cochlearem unam pensantem lib. 1. et uncias 10. habet in medio rotellam nigellatam, et in gyro Listram.
Listrevel
Litre, apud nos vulgo usurpatæ, pro
liturisnigris, quæ illinuntur parietibus Ecclesiarum in tæniæ aut limbi speciem, intus et extra, cum domini feudales, qui jure Castellaniæ aut patronatus gaudent, decedunt : tunc enim illinuntur parietes Ecclesiarum nigro colore, et lituris apponuntur depicta per certa intervalla eorum arma et insignia. Quo pertinent, quæ narrat Philostratus de Herode Attico, qui mortua conjuge, totam domus faciem mutavit, et parietum picturas velis nigris induxit :
ὁ δὲ καὶ τὸ σχῆμα τῆς οἰκίας ἐπ᾽ αὐτή ὑπήλλαξε, μελαίνων τὰ τῶν οἴκων ἄνθη παράπετάσμασι καὶ χρώμασι καὶ λιθῳ Λεσβίῳ, κατηφὴς δὲ ὁ λίθος καὶ μέλας.Hinc igitur ortus videtur mos is, qui etiamnum obtinet, velis nigris ædium parietes obducendi in funeribus. De
listris, sic Consuetudo Turonensis art. 60. et Juliodunensis cap. 5. art. 2 :
Le Seigneur Chastellain est fondé d'avoir la preéminence devant ses vassaux és Eglises estans en et de sa Chastellenie, comme d'avoir et retenir Listres à ses armes et timbres au dedans et dehors desdites Eglises.Vide Altaserram de Ducib. et Comitib. Provinc. lib. 3. cap. 3. A
Listra, deducta etiam, opinor, vox alia ejusdem notionis
Lista, de qua suo loco.
Liere, eadem acceptione, bis legitur in Lit. remiss. ann. 1466. ex Reg. 194. Chartoph. reg. ch. 237 :
Hardi le Roux en son vivant chevalier, pere du suppliant, ala de vie à trespassement, et fut ensepulturé en l'église de Courron, en laquelle le suppliant fist faire Liere et paindre ses armes allentour d'icelle, comme il est de coustume de faire en tel cas.
Nefandum et Deo injuriosum ac ignominiosum esse, armorum scuta seu insignia ad modum circuli, zonæ, Lictræ, et aliis quam plurimis exquisitis modis in fenestris, ostiis, vitris, parietibus, altaribus, et quod dictu indignum est, Christi Corporis sacrariis, imprudenter(f.
impudenter)
depingere, etc.
LITRA(λίρα) was the unit corresponding, though not equivalent among the Greeks of Sicily, to the libra of the Italians, and in use for weighing various substances, including copper. The word was in use as early as the time of Epicharmus, and occurs frequently in Aristotle. It was divided into twelve ounces, ὀγκίαι. [See PONDERA] Writers like Polybius naturally use the word to render the Latin libra. The weight of the litra was about 3366 grains, 218 grammes (Hultsch, Metrologie, 2nd edit., p. 662). The equivalent in silver of a litra of copper was a small coin weighing 13.5 grains, which was in common use in Sicily, and was the tenth of the Corinthian stater, called from that fact δεκάλιτρος στατήρ Pollux (9.80) gives the value of the silver litra as the same as that of an Aeginetan obol (16 grains); but this is only a rough approximation.
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