University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1278
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1008
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 1278
- Title:
- Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors.
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- [1537?]
- Language:
- Italian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 240 leaves : paper ; 334 x 228 mm bound to mm 344 x 234 +
- Note:
- Title supplied by cataloger.
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Origin: Written in Italy, ca. 1537 (latest date of entries, p. 122).
Pagination: Paper, i (parchment) + 240 leaves + i (parchment); versos numbered 1-91, [92], 93-118, [119], 120-121, [122-240]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper left verso; rectos numbered [i], i-xx, [xxi], xxii-xxiii, [xxiiii], xv-xxvii, [xxviii], xxviii-lxi, 62, lxiii-lxxi, [lxxii], lxxiii-cxxii, [cxxiii-ccxl], contemporary pagination in ink, modern...
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 the amount of the credit or debt in arabic numerals. Usually credits are listed on the left page and debts on the right page of an opening, with the same individuals or institutions...
Script: Written in a cursive script.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 29 on spine; the heading Q[uadern]o di chassa sesto, no. 290, on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather strap, 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_9944302473503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3fn10t35/manifest
- Holding Institution:
