University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1288
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1018
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 1288
- Title:
- Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors.
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- 1543-1546.
- Language:
- Italian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 48 leaves : paper ; 331 x 226 mm bound to 337 x 231mm
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, 48 leaves; versos numbered 1-35, [36-48], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper left verso; rectos numbered [i], i-xii, [xiii], xiiii, [xv], xvi, [xvii], xviii-xxvi, [xxvii-xxviii], xxviiii, [xxx-xxxi], xxxii-xxxv, [xxxvi-xlvii], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto (leaves after p. 35 are blank but ruled...
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 1543 (f. 1r) and 1546 (f. 34r).
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 33 on spine; the heading Q[uadern]o di cassa dela suventione del anno 1543 di Carlo de' Medici, on upper cover; lower cover with remnants of leather ties wraps around upper cover with leather strap; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944311173503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3ns2k/manifest
- Holding Institution:
