University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1410

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1101

Shelfmark:

Oversize Ms. Codex 1410

Title:

Ledger of Risaliti debtors and creditors.

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1550-1560.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 112 leaves : paper ; 333 x 229 mm bound to 340 x 234 mm

Note:

Foliation: Paper, 112; 1-6, 6-111; contemporary foliation in ink, upper left verso (f. 30-49, 99-104, 107-111 blank but foliated).
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Origin: Written in Italy between 1550 (f. 1v) and 1560 (f. 106r).
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. Sometimes long lines are also used.
Script: Written in a cursive script by multiple hands.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Fleche 6299 (Florence, 1518-28).
Binding: Modern vellum.
Ms. codex.
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.

Keyword:

ledgers (account books)

credit records

Manuscripts, Italian

accounts

Manuscripts, Renaissance

codices (bound manuscripts)

Risaliti, Francesco

Accounting

Textile industry

Sixteenth century

Italy

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944522683503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3sb3x00w/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania