University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1346

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1060

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 1346

Title:

Ledger of Medici accounts.

Author:

Ricci, Piero de

Piero de Ricci WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1546-1570.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 116 leaves : paper ; 205 x 140 mm bound to 207 x 142 mm +

Note:

Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Monts 11693 (Pisa, 1422-1424); Monts, 11898 (Florence, 1428); and unidentified watermark containing a crossbow.
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Ms. codex.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 90 on spine; the heading Carlo de' Medici, el conto e quaderno di possessione on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Foliation: Paper, 114; [1], 2-10, [11-33], 34, [35-116], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto (f. 38-76 and 106-116 are blank but ruled).
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. Memoranda written in long lines.
Script: Written in cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.
Origin: Written in Italy between 1546 (f. 2r) and 1570 (f. 104r).
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.

Keyword:

ledgers (account books)

Archives

credit records

Manuscripts, Italian

accounts

Manuscripts, Renaissance

codices (bound manuscripts)

Medici, House of

Accounting

Sixteenth century

Italy

Medici, Carlo de'

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944424723503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p34t6f39v/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania