10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONGIUS»
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congius in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
congius and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Observations on Doctor Arbuthnot's Dissertations on Coins, ...
ESE are easily had when the Congius is known. The DoEior has given us in his
Book three Congii. 1. That of Villalpandus of 207.4737 solid Inches. Vide
Arbuthnot, p. 81. How far this may be depended upon may be seen before. 2. His
own ...
Benjamin Langwith, Sarah Langwith,
1747
2
Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures Explain'd and ...
The Congius in English Measure contains 2.o7,o 6 76 solid Inches, that is 7 Pints,
4,942. solid Inches. -Plin lib. 14. cap. 22.. relates how Tergilla objected to
Cicero's son, tst/at he was used to drink two Congit' of Wine at a draught, for
which he ...
3
A Letter to Dr Mead Concerning Some Antiquities in ...
His own Congius, which is deduced from the Pound, &c. according to his
Estimate. This Congius gives 207.0676 solid Inches, and is what the DoBor
makes Use os in his Tables. Vide Arbuthnot, p. 82. It differs from the Congius J. In
. Dee. of ...
4
Journal of the British Archaeological Association
be this. Justinianus, in his Novellce, informs us that in his time the popes and
senate transferred many of the public treasures and movables to the churches
and sacred buildings for safe custody. Among them was probably this congius,
and ...
5
A Collection of Voyages and Travels
Griaves The last and best way to discover the ^-'^VSJ true weight of it, is by the
congius Roma- nus, whereof by a special providence, as *Pœtus, and
Villalpandus, have well observed, the original standard of Vespasian is still
extant in Rome.
6
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities
Cato tells us that he was wont to give each of his slaves a congius of wine at the
Saturnalia and Compitalia.* Pliny relates, among other examples of hard drinking
,* that Novellius Torquatus Mediolaneusis obtained a cognomen (tricongius, ...
William Smith, Charles Anthon,
1870
7
Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity
small, as serves rather to illustrate the deduction *by the tota weight of water. . .
HE says, the Congius contained 3 quarts t and ,;_ pints-ofour wine measure, and
of our corn measure 3 quarts and about t of of a pint; but he does not say what ...
8
The works of ... George Hooper [ed. by T. Hunt].
nothing else but the Greek, barbarously pronounced, one cannot but think : aa
also, that the congius was therefore divided into six parts, because the chous had
been anciently divided into as many ; for the cotyla, or the twelfth part, of later ...
George Hooper (bp. of Bath and Wells.), Thomas Hunt,
1855
9
Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities
Congiarium (sc. ras; from congius). (1) A vessel containing a congius (q. v.). (2) In
the early times of the Roman Republic, the congius was the usual measure of oil
or wine which was, on certain occasions, distributed among the people; aud ...
Harry Thurston Peck,
1897
10
A Discourse of the Romane Foot, and Denarius: From Whence, ...
The Congius Weighs fe.Ven hundred and Men- * This authority drachma* An
Anonjmus Greek, Author, h\(iy ty of viofctri- reputed to be Galen in the edition at
Venice, rf«, with that confirms the fame, f n*^ $ nlf 'iTa^lf ivPi- ?*« c.kation «<?