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The measures of King Sebastião
The standards of measures for liquids in exhibition
Standard of meia canada (half a canada) of King. Sebastião Standard of meia canada (half a canada) of King. Sebastião Standard of meia canada (half a canada) of King. Sebastião Standard of canada of King. Sebastião Standard of canada of King. Sebastião Standard of meio almude (half an almude) of King. Sebastião Standard of almude of King. Sebastião
Standards of volume measures for liquids of King Sebastião

In this display case we can see 7 volume standards for liquids of King Sebastião, made in bronze.

The biggest standard is an “almude”, the base unit of the system. We also see a “meio almude”, 2  “canadas” and 3 “meias canadas” (half canadas). They all present, on one side, the  Coat of arms of Portugal (Latin shield with five escutcheons loaded with five bezants and bordure with seven castles, surmounted by a closed royal crown) and, some also have engraved the soveraign’s name: “SEBASTIANVS”.

Some pieces of lower volume have the same capacity but different shapes.7

Further information
Contacts
António Neves: aneves@ipq.pt
Museu de Metrologia: museu.metrologia@ipq.pt