University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1273
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1003
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 1273
- Title:
- Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors.
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- [1533?]
- Language:
- Italian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 64 leaves : paper ; 285 x 213 mm bound to 296 x 228 mm
- Note:
- Pagination: Paper, 64; versos numbered 1-34, [35-64], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper left verso; rectos numbered [i], i-xxxiiii,[xxxv-lxiii], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper right recto (leaves after p. 34 are blank but ruled). Each opening has a matched Arabic numeral on the left and a Roman numeral on the right.
Origin: Written in Italy, ca. 1533 (date of latest entries, p. 34).
Title supplied by cataloger.
Ms. codex.
Layout: Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large column on the left with the name of the debtor or creditor and a brief description of the credit or debt, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the credit or debt in arabic numerals. Usually credits are listed on the left page and debts are listed on the right page of an opening, with the same...
Script: Written in a cursive script.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Ancre 442 (Florence, 1510).
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 130 on spine; the heading Q[uadern]o di cassa; no. 225 and letter C with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover with remnants of leather ties wraps around upper cover; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944270223503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3ps1h/manifest
- Holding Institution:
