University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1305
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1036
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 1305
- Title:
- Ledger of Medici accounts
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- 1597-1605.
- Language:
- Italian
- Material:
- paper
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 352 leaves : paper ; 337 x 233 mm bound to 334 x 230 mm
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
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...
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...
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).
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961 - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9944330263503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3gh9bf0w/manifest
- Holding Institution:
