University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1292

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1022

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 1292

Title:

Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors, memoranda and other records

Ledger

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1566-1573.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 192 leaves : paper ; 330 x 225 mm bound to 344 x 231 mm +

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Pagination: Paper, i (parchment), + 191 leaves, + i (parchment); versos numbered 1-123, [124], 125-138, [139-144], 145-188, [189-192], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper left verso; rectos numbered [i], i-cxxiii, [cxxiiii], cxxv-cxxxviii, [cxxxviiii-cxliiii], cxlv-clxxxviii, [clxxxviiii-cxci], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper...
Layout: Debtors and creditors 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 and debt, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the debt or credit in Arabic numerals. Usually credits are listed on the left page and debts are listed on the right page of an opening, with the same...
Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Arbalete 762 (Lucca, 1598), but without the fleur-de-lis.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 25 on spine, the heading Debitori, creditori, ricordi e altro, no. 112 and letter A with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather ties; decorative leatherwork on spine. Fragment from an incunable concerning Greek orators inside upper cover.
Origin: Written in Italy, between 1566 and 1573.
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.

Keyword:

Archives

Manuscripts, Renaissance

codices (bound manuscripts)

accounts

ledgers (account books)

credit records

Manuscripts, Italian

Italy

Sixteenth century

Medici, House of

Medici, Luisa de'

Accounting

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9944329703503681

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Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania