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

Ledger

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1579-1612.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

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:

Archives

Manuscripts, Renaissance

codices (bound manuscripts)

accounts

Manuscripts, European

ledgers (account books)

credit records

Manuscripts, Italian

Medici, House of

Medici, Fabrizio de'

Italy

Accounting

Seventeenth century

Sixteenth century

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9944440523503681

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Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania