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Τετάρτη 22 Οκτωβρίου 2014

Maria Chalkou, «The Mathematical content of the Codex Vindobonensis phil. gr. 65 of the 15th cent. Introduction, Edition and Comments, Byzantine Research Center, Thessaloniki 2006», at "LEXIKON ZUR BYZANTINISCHEN GRÄZITÄT"

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Πέμπτη 9 Οκτωβρίου 2014

Byzantine metrology



Ἡ Μετρολογία στὸ Βυζάντιο
Στοιχεῖα ἀπὸ τὸν Codex Vindobonensis phil. Gr. 65 τοῦ 15ου αἰ.
Τὸ "μοδίον" εἶναι νόμισμα γῆς (κεφ. 224)[1] καὶ ἰσοδυναμεῖ μὲ τὴν ἀξία ἑνὸς  τετραγωνικοῦ ἀγροτεμαχίου πλευρᾶς 10 οὐργιῶν καὶ ἐμβαδοῦ 100 τετρ. οὐργιῶν. Ἰσχύουν οἱ σχέσεις[2]: 1 μοδίον= 2 σχοινία= 40 λίτρες= 200 οὐργίες= 888,73 (ἢ 939,18) τετρ. μέτρα. Τὸ "μοδίον" εἶναι φορολογικὸς ὅρος[3] καὶ ὄχι μονάδα βάρους[4],  γι' αὐτὸ καὶ ἡ ἰσοδυναμία του πρὸς τὶς οὐργίες ἐξαρτᾶται ἀπὸ τὴν ποιότητα τῆς γῆς, δηλαδὴ τοῦ ἐδάφους τοῦ ἀγροῦ. Ἔτσι 1 μοδίον ἀγροῦ μπορεῖ νὰ ἀντιστοιχεῖ σὲ 100, 200, ἢ 288 οὐργίες. Τὸ "μοδίον"  σὲ ὁρισμένα προβλήματα (κεφ. 231) λαμβάνεται καὶ ὡς μονάδα ὄγκου.