Handwritten note by Lucas Cranach regarding the wine tax bill endorsed by the town scribe Urban Balduin.

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Production date: 1531 January 18

Repository: Stadtkirchenarchiv Wittenberg
Location / Date: the Wednesday after St Anthony's day in the year [15]31

Signature: Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Sachsen-Anhalt (Wittenberg), II3/4157

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Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Sachsen-Anhalt (Wittenberg), II3/4157

CDA ID: DE_SLGSW_II3_4157
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SLGSW_II3_4157/

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Lücke 1998

59, no. 33

Author	Monika Lücke
Title	Die Wittenberger Archivalien zum Leben und Wirken Lucas Cranachs d.Ä.
Publication	in Cranach-Stiftung, ed., Lucas Cranach d.Ä. und die Cranachhöfe in Wittenberg
Place of Publication	Halle
Year of Publication	1998
Pages	11-59

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Handwritten note by Lucas Cranach regarding the wine tax bill endorsed by the town scribe Urban Balduin., 1531 January 18

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[Notizzettel Cranach eigenhändig]
11 am [= Ohm/Eimer] zu g[roschen] geschanckt 33 g[roschen]
3 am [= Ohm/Eimer] zu 18 d[enare] geschanckt 13 g[roschen] 6 d[enare]
6 am [= Ohm/Eimer] 10 d[enare] geschanckt 15 g[roschen]
das hab ich geschanckt fuhr Lucia
Lucas Cranach
[Notiz von zweiter Hand; Stadtschreiber Urban Balduin]
1 ß [Schock] 1,5 g[roschen]
Mitwochs nach Anthonii vbiranthwort anno etc. [15]31

Transcription by: Lücke, Dietrich; Lücke, Monika
Transcription Date: 2017

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The retailed volume of wine was measured in Ohm. Ohm (from the Latin for bucket: ama) is a unit for measuring capacity and is the equivalent of c. 145 litres. It was used almost exclusively for wine. Therefore the term 'Ohmgeld' established itself for the retail sales tax on wine. The term Ohm also means bucket and it was used to calculate a 'Schankeimer', which was 67 litres in Saxony. Here the 'Schankeimer' must be applied as was done in the Wittenberg's annual treasury account books. (cf.)
There is an inventory stamp from the Lutherhalle Wittenberg (now Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Saxony-Anhalt) almost at the centre of the note.

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