University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1399

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DS ID:

DS1095

Shelfmark:

Oversize Ms. Codex 1399

Title:

Ledger of Detti debtors and creditors.

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1547-1555.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 208 leaves : paper ; 330 x 227 mm bound to 334 x 229 mm

Note:

Ms. codex.
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, i (parchment) + 208 leaves + i (parchment); 1-42, 42, [43], 44-148, 148-176, [177], 178-182, [183-189], 189, [190-205], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper left verso.
Origin: Written in Italy between 1547 (f. 1v) and 1555 (f. 182r).
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Couronne 4835 (Lucca, 1565-1566).
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 228 on spine; the heading Quadernaccio, no. 166, letter A with decorative penwork and signet D on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather strap; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Script: Written in a cursive script, by multiple hands.
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.

Keyword:

ledgers (account books)

credit records

Manuscripts, Italian

accounts

Manuscripts, Renaissance

codices (bound manuscripts)

Dyes and dyeing

Accounting

Textile industry

Sixteenth century

Detti, Giovanbattista

Detti, Giammaria

Italy

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944503543503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3rf5kj0d/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania