Extent: 64 leaves : paper ; 266 x 213 mm bound to 271 x 215 mm
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Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Foliation: Paper, 64; 1-64; contemporary pagination in ink, upper right recto (leaves after f.42 are blank but ruled). Layout: Written in 2 or 3 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large column in the center contains a detailed description of the property and sometimes a brief history of it; the smaller columns on the left and on the right sometimes contain arabic numbers or short notes. Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands. Decoration: Manicule (f.39r). Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Chapeau, 3370 (Florence, 1465-67) but with a more triangular shape below the hat. Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 9 on spine; no. 52 on upper cover; L[ybro] di beni [?] e altre cose importante di Bivigliano d'Alamanno de' Medici, addi p[rimo] di gennaio on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover; remnants of leather ties, decorative leatherwork on spine. Origin: Written in Florence, between 1534 (f.1r) and 1544 (f.41v). Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records. Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.
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