University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1294
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1024
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 1294
- Title:
- Ledger of Medici accounts.
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- 1573-1576.
- Language:
- Italian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 240 leaves : paper ; 328 x 228 mm bound to 337 x 231 mm
- Note:
- Origin: Written in Italy between 1573 (f. 1r) and 1576 (f. 67r).
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Layout: Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large column on the left with a brief description of the transaction and the individual who acts as counterpart in the transaction; the smaller one on the right with the amount of the asset or liability in Arabic numerals.
Ms. codex.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 39 on spine; the heading Entrata e uscita a/2, no. 48, letter A with decorative penwork and signet C F on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather strap; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Armoires Lion 1883 (Florence, 1529), but with the lion's snout more defined.
Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.
Foliation: Paper, i (paper) + 240 leaves + i (paper); versos numbered [1-240], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto; irregular contemporary foliation and pagination in ink, upper outer corners.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944329803503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3rb6w36j/manifest
- Holding Institution:
