University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1411

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1340

Shelfmark:

Oversize Ms. Codex 1411

Title:

Ledger of Risaliti accounts.

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1554-1565.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 194 leaves : paper ; 328 x 112 mm bound to 339 x 116 mm

Note:

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.
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, 194; 1-15, 17-84, [85-195]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto (f. 85-195 blank).
Ms. codex.
Script: Written in a cursive script by multiple hands.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Armoires Lion 1883 (Florence, 1529), but with the lion's snout more defined.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 254 on spine; the heading Quaderno di cassa della tinta, no. 73 (?) and letter C with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather ties; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Origin: Written in Italy between 1554 (f. 1v) and 1565 (f. 79v).
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.

Keyword:

accounts

ledgers (account books)

codices (bound manuscripts)

credit records

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Italian

Early works

Accounting

Italy

Textile industry

Dyes and dyeing

Sixteenth century

Risaliti, Francesco

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944522733503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3vm42x4b/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania