University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1347

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1061

Shelfmark:

Oversize Ms. Codex 1347

Title:

Ledger of Medici accounts.

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1547-1559.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 70 leaves : paper ; 329 x 115 mm bound to 336 x 120 mm

Note:

Foliation: Paper, 70; 1-3, [4-70], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Origin: Written in Italy between 1547 (f. 1r) and 1559 (f. 69r).
Title supplied by cataloger.
Ms. codex.
Layout: Written in 3 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the small column on the left with the transaction number, the large central column with the name of the counterpart and a brief description of the transaction, and the small one on the right with the amount of the transaction. Sometimes long lines are also used.
Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Fleche 6299 (Florence, 1518-1528).
Binding: Modern vellum; previous binding had no. 165 on contemporary slip attached to spine (Zacour-Hirsch).
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
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

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944424763503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3bk16q3p/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania