Extent: 63 leaves : paper ; 297 x 212 mm bound to 318 x 217 mm +
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Ms. codex. Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records. Title supplied by cataloger. Foliation: Paper, i (paper) + 96 + i (paper); rectos numbered [i], 1-61, [62-63], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; versos numbered 1, [i-lxiii], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper left verso (leaves 62-63 are blank). Layout: Written in 2 columns of equal size, with vertical bounding lines in lead; in certain cases one or both columns contain itemized accounts of a transaction within one entry. In the occurrence of both a debt and a credit with a specific counterpart, credits are usually listed in the left column and debts in the right column, with the same individuals appearing as debtors or creditors on... Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands. Origin: Written in Italy between 1595 (p.1) and 1596 (p.33). Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 101 on spine; the heading Q[uader]no di possessione dell'anno 1595, no. 239 (?) on upper cover. Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Sirene 13894 (Pisa, 1597). Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.
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