Sacred Measurements

Published: Nov. 18, 2021, 10:28 p.m.

Medieval measurement developed as a bodily reference tool, often relying on an object\u2019s relationship to the human body to determine its size, scale or weight. Today, measurement may seem like a natural part of our lives, but have you ever wondered how a unit of space or volume was developed? What made medieval measurement so different from the way we conceive of measurement today? And what made measurement sacred to medieval people?