University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1282
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1012
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 1282
- Title:
- Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors.
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- [1542?]
- Language:
- Italian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 240 leaves : paper ; 334 x 233 mm bound to 342 x 235 mm
- Note:
- Pagination: Paper, i (parchment) + 240 leaves + i (parchment); versos numbered 1-95, [96-240], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper left verso; rectos numbered [i], i-ii, 3, iiii-xiii, [xiiii], xv-xli, [xlii-xliii], xliiii-lvi, [lvii], lviii-lviiii, [lx], lxi, [lxii], lxiii, [lxiiii], lxv-lxxi, [lxii], lxxiii-lxxxxv, [lxxxvi-ccxxxviiii], contemporary pagination in...
Origin: Written in Italy, ca. 1542 (latest date of entries, p. 95).
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 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, Enclume, 5963 (Florence, 1514-29).
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 136 on spine; the heading Q[uadern]o di chassa tredicesimo, no. 303, 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_9944307083503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3kk94d31/manifest
- Holding Institution:
