University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1283
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1013
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 1283
- Title:
- Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors.
- Medici, Carlo de'
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- ca. 1540-1556.
- Language:
- Italian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 207 leaves : paper ; 283 x 209 mm bound to 293 x 221 mm +
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Pagination: Paper, 207; versos numbered 1-207, contemporary foliation in ink, upper left verso; rectos numbered [i], i-xxxiiii, [xxxv], xxxvi-l, [li], lii-liiii, [lv], lvi-lviii, [lviiii], lx-lxii, [lxiii-lxvi], lxvii-lxxxxvii, [lxxxxviii], lxxxxviiii, [c], ci-cxxviii, [cxxviiii], cxxx-cxxxii, [cxxxiii-cxxxiiii], cxxxv-cxxxviii, [cxxxviiii], cxxxx-clii, [cliii], cliiii-ccvi, contemporary...
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, perhaps by multiple hands.
Origin: Written in Italy, between 1540 (f. 1v) and 1556 (f. 206v).
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 31 on spine; the heading Quaderno, no. 303 and letter B with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover; remnants of leather ties and decorative leatherwork on spine.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Lettre S, 9079 (Pisa, 1541) (p. 1-143); Aigle 89 (Florence, 1501) (after p. 144).
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944307123503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3x05xf7n/manifest
- Holding Institution:
