University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1305
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1036
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 1305
- Title:
- Ledger of Medici accounts.
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- 1597-1605.
- Language:
- Italian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 352 leaves : paper ; 337 x 233 mm bound to 334 x 230 mm
- Note:
- Layout: Written in 3 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the smaller column on the left with the transaction number or the year in which the transaction took place, the large central column with the transaction and a brief description of it, and the smaller one on the right with its amount in arabic numerals. In certain cases the large central column contains itemized accounts of a...
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, i (paper) + 352 + i (paper); each folio has the same number on both recto and verso; rectos numbered [i], 1-2, iii, 4-129, [130], 131-303, [304-311], 312-322, [323-352], contemporary numeration in ink, modern numeration in pencil, upper right recto; versos numbered 1-210, [211-212], 213-290, [291], 292-303, [304-311], 312-321, [322-352], contemporary numeration in ink, modern...
Ms. codex.
Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Agneau pascal 48 (Florence, 1498); Couronne 4844 (Lucca, 1580); Fleur-de-lis 7105 (Rome, 1565), but with rounder petals.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 55 on spine; the heading Quaderno e ricordi, letter B with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover with remnants of leather ties wraps around upper cover; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Origin: Written in Italy between 1597 (f. 1r) and 1605 (f. 280r).
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961 - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944330263503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3gh9bf0w/manifest
- Holding Institution:
