University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1353
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1066
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 1353
- Title:
- Ledger of debtors and creditors and memoranda.
- Medici, Niccolo de'
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- 1567-1590.
- Language:
- Italian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 96 leaves : paper ; 227 x 167 mm bound to 243 x 170 mm +
- Note:
- Foliation: Paper, 96; [1-96]; modern foliation in pencil, irregular contemporary foliation and pagination in ink, upper outer corners.
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Origin: Written in Italy between 1567 (f. 1v) and 1590 (f. 46r).
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 15 on spine; the heading Debitori e creditori e ricordi, no. 191 and letter A with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover with remnants of leather ties wraps around upper cover; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Ms. codex.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Echelle 5922 (Siena, 1495-1524), but with shorter, parallel sides.
Script: Written in a cursive script, in the hand of Niccolo de' Medici.
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. Memoranda written in long lines.
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944433313503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p35q4rm7v/manifest
- Holding Institution:
