University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1354
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1067
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 1354
- Title:
- Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors and memoranda
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- 1579-1612.
- Language:
- Italian
- Material:
- paper
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 208 leaves : paper ; 345 x 140 mm bound to 358 x 142 mm +
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Pagination: Paper, i (paper) + 208 + i (paper); versos numbered 1-199, [200-208], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper left verso; rectos numbered [i], i-clxviii, 170, [clxxi-clxxxv], clxxxvi-clxxxxviiii, [cc-ccvii], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper right recto (leaves 172-185 and 201-208 are blank). Each opening has a matched...
Layout: Debtors and creditors 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 and debt, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the debt or credit in arabic numerals. Usually credits are listed on the left page and debts are listed on the right page of an opening, with the same...
Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Agneau pascal 48 (Florence, 1498); Monts 11936 (Lucca, 1583); Fleur-de-lis 7105 (Rome, 1565), but with rounder petals.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 19 on spine, heading Q[uadernu]ccio e ricordi, no. 89 and letter C with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather ties; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Origin: Written in Italy between 1579 (p.1) and 1612 (p.199).
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9944440523503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3z31nr19/manifest
- Holding Institution:
