University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1279
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1009
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 1279
- Title:
- Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- ca. 1538.
- Language:
- Italian
- Material:
- paper
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 238 leaves : paper ; 332 x 234 mm bound to 340 x 238 mm +
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Pagination: Paper, i (parchment) + 238 leaves + i (parchment); versos numbered 1-107, [108], 109-115, [116-238], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper left verso; rectos numbered [i], [i], ii, [iii], iiii-xiii, [xiiii], xv-xviii, [xviiii], xx-xxviii, [xxviiii], xxx-xxxii, [xxxiii], xxxiiii-xxxv, [xxxvi-xxxvii], xxxviii, [xxxviiii], xl-xlii, [xliii], xliiii, [xlv...
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.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Fleche, 6299 (Florence, 1518-28).
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 133 on spine; the heading Q[uadern]o di chassa ottavo, no. 288, on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather strap, metal buckle on upper cover; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Origin: Written in Italy, ca. 1539 (latest date of entries, p. 115)
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9944302493503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p32n4zj9s/manifest
- Holding Institution:
