University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1321

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1039

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 1321

Title:

Ledger of Medici accounts

Ledger

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1465-1494.

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian, with one note in Latin and Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 144 leaves : paper ; 338 x 118 mm bound to 342 x 125 mm +

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, 144; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 3 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the smaller column on the left with the transaction number, the large central column with a brief description of the transaction, and the smaller one on the right with its amount. In certain cases the large central column contains itemized accounts of a transaction within one entry.
Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Echelle 5907 (Florence, 1475).
Decoration: Manicule (f. 123v).
Binding: Modern vellum. Previous binding had no. 11 on spine and upper cover (Zacour-Hirsch).
Origin: Written in Italy between 1465 (f. 1v) and 1494 (f. 124v).
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.

Keyword:

Archives

Manuscripts, Renaissance

codices (bound manuscripts)

accounts

ledgers (account books)

credit records

Manuscripts, Italian

Italy

Fifteenth century

Accounting

Medici, House of

Medici, Alamanno de'

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9944368073503681

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Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania