University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1369

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1075

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 1369

Title:

Ledger of Amadori debtors and creditors.

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1506-1514.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 96 leaves : paper ; 228 x 162 mm bound to 234 x 164 mm +

Note:

Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Aigle 88 (Florence, 1498); and unidentified watermark containing a griffin.
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Ms. codex.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 172 on spine; the heading Creditori e debitori e ricordi, letter A with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover missing; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Foliation: Paper, 96; [i], 1-95; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.
Layout: 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 or debt, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the credit or debt. Usually credits are listed on the left page and debts on the right page of an opening, with the same individuals or institutions appearing as debtors or...
Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.
Origin: Written in Italy between 1506 (f. 1v) and 1514 (f. 49r).
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.

Keyword:

ledgers (account books)

credit records

Manuscripts, Italian

accounts

Manuscripts, Renaissance

codices (bound manuscripts)

Accounting

Sixteenth century

Italy

Amadori, Andrea

Amadori family

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944456743503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3js9h87g/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania