University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1327

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DS ID:

DS1044

Shelfmark:

Oversize Ms. Codex 1327

Title:

Ledger of Medici receipts.

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1537-1556.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 50 leaves : paper ; 279 x 109 mm +

Note:

Ms. codex.
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, i (paper) + 50 + i (paper); 1-39, [40-50]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large column on the left with the name of the counterpart and a brief description of the transaction, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the transaction. Sometimes long lines are also used.
Origin: Written in Italy between 1537 (f. 1r) and 1556 (f. 50v).
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 165 on spine.
Script: Written in cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.

Keyword:

ledgers (account books)

Archives

Manuscripts, Italian

accounts

Manuscripts, Renaissance

codices (bound manuscripts)

Farm life

Medici, House of

Accounting

Farm management

Sixteenth century

Italy

History

Rural conditions

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944396103503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3qb9v54w/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania