University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1295
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1025
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 1295
- Title:
- Ledger of Medici accounts.
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- 1573-1580.
- Language:
- Italian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 48 leaves : paper ; 331 x 230 mm bound to 336 x 233 mm +
- Note:
- Foliation: Paper, i (paper) + 48; rectos numbered [i], 2-48, contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; versos numbered 1-48, contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper left verso. Arabic and roman numerals are often mixed, some pages are not numbered.
Origin: Written in Italy between 1573 (f. 1v) and 1580 (f. 33r).
Title supplied by cataloger.
Ms. codex.
Layout: Written in 3 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the small column on the left with a transaction number; the large central column with a brief description of the transaction and the individual who acts as counterpart in the transaction; the small one on the right with the amount of the asset or liability in arabic numerals.
Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Homme 7573 (Milan, 1590), but with a more triangular body.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 146 on spine; the heading Giornale, no. 230, letter A with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather ties; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944329853503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3cp1p/manifest
- Holding Institution:
