University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1405

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1100

Shelfmark:

Oversize Ms. Codex 1405

Title:

Ledger of Risaliti accounts.

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1550-1558.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 160 leaves : paper ; 333 x 229 mm bound to 340 x 234 mm

Note:

Ms. codex.
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Pagination: Paper, i (parchment) + 160 leaves; versos numbered 1-113, 113-114, [115-160], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper left verso; rectos numbered [i], i-cxiii, cxiii, cxiiii, 115-151, [152-158] upper right recto (leaves 152-158 are blank but ruled).
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.
Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.
Origin: Written in Italy between 1550 (f. 1v) and 1558 (f. 116r).
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 250 on spine; the heading Quaderno di manifattori, no. 67, signet D and letter A with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather straps; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Fleche 6299 (Florence, 1518-28).
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.

Keyword:

ledgers (account books)

credit records

Manuscripts, Italian

accounts

Manuscripts, Renaissance

codices (bound manuscripts)

Risaliti, Francesco

Woolen and worsted manufacture

Dyes and dyeing

Accounting

Textile industry

Sixteenth century

Wool industry

Italy

History

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944522443503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3qr4nr86/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania