University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1293
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1023
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 1293
- Title:
- Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors.
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- 1568-1575.
- Language:
- Italian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 192 leaves : paper ; 234 x 229 mm bound to 343 x 231 mm +
- Note:
- Pagination: Paper, 192; versos numbered 1-186, [187-192], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper left verso; rectos numbered i-clxxxvi, [clxxxvii-cxci], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper right recto. Each opening has a matched Arabic numeral on the left and a Roman numeral on the right.
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Origin: Written in Italy, between 1568 (p. 1) and 1575 (p. 165).
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.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Fleur-de-lis 7105 (Rome, 1565), but with rounder petals.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 16 on spine; the heading Debitori e creditori, no. 138 and letter B with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover with remnants of leather ties wraps around upper cover with leather strap; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Ms. codex.
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944329743503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p33x83n8w/manifest
- Holding Institution:
