University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1453

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1362

Shelfmark:

Oversize Ms. Codex 1453

Title:

Ledger of Risaliti debtors and creditors and accounts.

Place:

Tuscany

Tuscany TGN

Date:

1550-1557.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 85 leaves : paper ; 423 x 288 mm bound to 426 x 300 mm

Note:

Layout: Written in 3 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the smaller column on the left with the transaction number, the large central column with a brief description of the transaction, and the smaller one on the right with its amount. In certain cases the large central column contains itemized accounts of a transaction within one entry.
Origin: Written in Tuscany between 1550 (f. 1r) and 1557 (f. 122v).
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, 85; [i], 1-18, 29-63, 112-143; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.
Ms. codex.
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Echelle 5922 (Siena, 1495-1524), but with shorter, parallel sides.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 249 on spine; the heading Tintori e lavoratori, no. 63, letter A with decorative penwork and signet D on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with remnants of leather ties; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Script: Written in a cursive script by multiple hands.
Purchased, 1966.

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_9944689353503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3w37kv7c/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania