University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1275
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1005
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 1275
- Title:
- Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors.
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- [1535?]
- Language:
- Italian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 112 leaves : paper ; 339 x 237 mm bound to 344 x 242 mm
- Note:
- Pagination: Paper, i (parchment), + 112 leaves, + i (parchment); versos numbered 1-106, [107-112], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper left verso; rectos numbered i-viiii, 10, xi-xxiiii, [xxv], xxvi-lxxxii, [lxxxiii], lxxxiiii, [lxxxv-lxxxvi], lxxxvii-lxxxx, [lxxxxi], lxxxxii-lxxxxv, [lxxxxvi], lxxxxvii-c, [ci], 102, ciii-cvi, [cvii-cxi], contemporary pagination...
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Origin: Written in Italy, ca. 1535 (latest date of entries, p. 106).
Layout: Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large column on the left with the debtor or creditor and a brief description of the credit and debt, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the debt 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 the same individuals and...
Script: Written in cursive script.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Echelle, 5926 (Florence, 1524-32).
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 30 on spine, the heading Q[uadern]o di chassa terzo; no. 293 on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather straps, metal buckle on upper cover; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Ms. codex.
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944332753503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3p26q48h/manifest
- Holding Institution:
