University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1380
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1084
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 1380
- Title:
- Ledger of Amadori debtors and creditors.
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- 1543-1546.
- Language:
- Italian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 192 leaves : paper ; 287 x 215 mm bound to 302 x 228 mm
- Note:
- Foliation: Paper, 192; versos numbered 1-191, contemporary foliation in arabic numerals in ink, upper left verso; rectos numbered irregularly in roman numberals, contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.
Origin: Written in Italy between 1543 (f. 1v) and 1546 (f. 146v).
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Ms. codex.
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.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Ancre 492 (Lucca, 1522).
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 178 on spine; the heading Debitori, creditori e ricordi and letter A with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with remnants of leather ties; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944467223503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3k06x33h/manifest
- Holding Institution:
