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"Zanoni", Book 2, Chapter I, by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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First published at 21:13 UTC on February 6th, 2023.

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BOOK 2. - ART, LOVE, AND WONDER.

Diversi aspetti in un confusi e misti.
"Ger. Lib," cant. iv. 7.

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Chapter I:

Centauri, e Sfingi, e pallide Gorgoni.
"Ger. Lib.," c. iv. v.

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Scudi is the plural of scudo. It's a ty…

BOOK 2. - ART, LOVE, AND WONDER.

Diversi aspetti in un confusi e misti.
"Ger. Lib," cant. iv. 7.

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Chapter I:

Centauri, e Sfingi, e pallide Gorgoni.
"Ger. Lib.," c. iv. v.

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Scudi is the plural of scudo. It's a type of silver coinage minted in Italy between the 16th to 19th centuries. The exact details of its weight, value, composition, etc. varies by issuer, and it is not obvious to me whether such coins were ever minted in Naples specifically, so I can't offer exact details on it. At this time it maybe could have been 23.1 grams of silver with a fineness of 0.896? Silver as of the date of recording this, at 0.999 fineness, is worth 0.76 USD per gram, so that'd be $17.50 for 23.1 grams of a better grade of silver, so something less than that for the lower quality silver. Just call it $15 for a nice round ballpark number, or £12.5 or €14. Close enough for government work.

(For comparison, the first US silver coins from 1792 to 1836 were of a 0.8924 fineness, upped to 0.900 in 1837. Sterling silver, for you Brits, rates in at 0.925 fineness.)

imbrogliato must have meant something different 250 years ago than it does today, google translate does not yield any translations that make sense for this context. Or maybe it has some specific meaning in the context of sword-fighting that is too esoteric for general translation tools to identify. If you know Italian, especially any school of Italian fencing, and have some thought on the use of the word here in this context, please leave a comment below!

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