University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1272
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1002
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 1272
- Title:
- Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors.
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- [1580?]
- Language:
- Italian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 208 leaves : paper ; 325 x 230 mm bound to 410 x 240 mm +
- Note:
- Pagination: Paper, i (paper) + 208 + i (paper); versos numbered 1-207, [i], in contemporary ink, upper left verso; rectos numbered [i], i, 2, iii-lxi, 62-63, lxiiii-ccvii, in contemporary ink, upper right recto. Each opening has a matched arabic numeral on the left and roman numeral on the right.
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Origin: Written in Italy , ca. 1580 (date of latest entries, p. 175).
Layout: Written in 3 informal columns, a small one on the left which sometimes has the year of the credits and debts, a larger one on the center with a brief description of the credit or the debit and another small one on the right with the amount of the debit or credit in arabic numerals. Usually credits are listed on the left page and debts are listed on the right page of an opening, with...
Script: Written in a cursive script.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Homme 7573 ( Milan, 1590), but with a more triangular body.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 38 on spine, no. 9 and letter A with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather ties; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Ms. codex.
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944266983503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3qf8jm92/manifest
- Holding Institution:
