University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1403
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1098
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 1403
- Title:
- Ledger of Detti accounts and memoranda.
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- 1559-1566.
- Language:
- Italian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 351 leaves : paper ; 278 x 209 mm bound to 290 x 211 mm
- Note:
- Foliation: Paper, 351; [1], 2-175, 175-188, 190-209, 209-348, [349-351]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper left verso.
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Origin: Written in Italy between 1559 (f. 1v) and 1566 (f. 329r).
Ms. codex.
Layout: Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large column on the left with the name of the counterpart and a brief description of the transaction, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the transaction. Memoranda written in long lines.
Script: Written in a cursive script by multiple hands, including those of some of the counterparts involved in the transactions.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Couronne 4835 (Lucca, 1565-1566).
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 114 on spine; the heading Quadernuccio, no. 186, signet D and letter C with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover with remnants wraps around upper cover with leather straps; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944521843503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p37p8tj25/manifest
- Holding Institution:
