University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1277
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1007
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 1277
- Title:
- Ledger of debtors and creditors.
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- [1537?]
- Language:
- Italian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 176 leaves : paper ; 334 x 237 mm bound to 342 x 239 mm
- Note:
- Pagination: Paper, i (parchment) + 176 leaves + i (parchment); versos numbered 1-95, [96], 97-107, [108-176]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper left verso; rectos numbered [i], i-cvii, [cviii-clxv], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper right recto (leaves after p. 107 are blank but ruled). Each opening has a matched arabic numeral...
Origin: Written in Italy, ca. 1537 (latest date of entries, p. 107).
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 debtor or creditor and a brief description of the credit or debt, and the smaller one on the right with 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 or...
Script: Written in a cursive script.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Ancre 491 (Florence, 1522), but with larger arms and flukes.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 131 on spine; the heading Q[uadern]o di chassa settimo, no. 289, on upper cover, lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather strap, metal buckle on 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_9944285343503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3m90243r/manifest
- Holding Institution:
