University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1435

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1355

Shelfmark:

Oversize Ms. Codex 1435

Title:

Ledger of Medici accounts and memoranda.

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1456-1495.

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 110 leaves : paper ; 283 x 218 mm bound to 288 x 220 mm

Note:

Foliation: Paper, 110; 2-15, 20-55, 58-68, 72-73, 77-85, 92-93, 103-107, 114-125, 127-134, 136-144, contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto (f.102 torn; f.126 severed; and f.5-9, 20-23, 33-37, 40-47, 50, 55, 58-63 and 72 blank but ruled).
Origin: Written in Italy between 1456 (f. 2r) and 1495 (f. 32v).
Title supplied by cataloger.
Ms. codex.
Layout: Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the small column on the left with the date of the transaction and the large one on the right with a description of the transaction. Memoranda written in long lines.
Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Fleur 6340 (Lucca, 1456), but with a longer stalk.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 22 on spine; the heading Ricordanze di beni et immobili di casa Medici, letter A with decorative penwork and no. 242 on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with remnants of leather ties; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.

Keyword:

accounts

ledgers (account books)

codices (bound manuscripts)

Archives

credit records

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Italian

Fifteenth century

Accounting

Italy

Medici, House of

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944553943503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3m96z/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania