University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1323

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1041

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 1323

Title:

Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors

Ledger

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1521-1534.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 143 leaves : paper ; 286 x 109 mm bound to 293 x 116 mm +

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, 143; [i], 1-32, 34, [35], 36, [37], 38-43, [44], 45-47, [48-64], 65-69, [70], 71-99, [100-120], 120-123, [124-128], 129-136, [137-142]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto (folios 18-68, 73-76, 78-84, 87-100 are blank but ruled).
Layout: Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large column on the left with the debtor or creditor and a brief description of the credit or debt, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the credit or debt. Usually credits are listed on the left page and debts on the right page of an opening, with the same individuals or institutions appearing as debtors or...
Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Fleur (Florence, 1496).
Binding: Modern vellum. Previous binding had no. 164 on slip attached to spine (Zacour-Hirsch).
Origin: Written in Italy between 1521 (f. 1v) and 1534 (f. 100r).
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

Sixteenth century

Medici, House of

Medici, Fernando de'

Accounting

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9944389563503681

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Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania