University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1298
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1028
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 1298
- Title:
- Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors.
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- 1579-1612.
- Language:
- Italian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 191 leaves : paper ; 334 x 236 mm bound to 339 x 238 mm +
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Pagination: Paper, 191: versos numbered 1-176, [177-191], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper left verso; rectos numbered [i], i-clxxvi, [clxxvii-cxc], upper right recto (leaves 177-191 are blank but ruled). Each opening has a matched arabic numeral on the left and a roman numeral on the right.
Layout: Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large column on the left with the transaction and a brief description of it, and the smaller one on the right with its amount in arabic numerals. In the occurrence of both a debt and a credit with a specific counterpart, credits are usually listed on the left page and debts on the right page of an opening, with the same...
Origin: Written in Italy between 1579 (p. 1) and 1612 (p. 173).
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Sirene 13894 (Pisa, 1597); and unidentified watermark containing a coat of arms, an eagle and a crescent with rays of light.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 18 on spine; the heading Debitori e creditori, no. 87 and letter C with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover with remnants of leather ties wraps around upper cover; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944329953503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3hx15t05/manifest
- Holding Institution:
