University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1490

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1372

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 1490

Title:

Ledger of Gondi household expenses.

Place:

Florence

Florence TGN

Date:

1513-1525.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 52 leaves : paper ; 219 x 144 mm +

Note:

Ms. codex.
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, 52; [1-52]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto (f. 7-8, 10-23, and 33-51 are blank).
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 debt and credit. Itemized accounts of single transactions or long lines are also used.
Origin: Written in Florence between 1513 (f. 1v) and 1525 (f. 32v).
Watermark: Unidentified watermark, very faint, containing leaves, and perhaps a flower.
Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1963.

Keyword:

accounts

ledgers (account books)

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Italian

Women's clothing

Home economics--Accounting

Gondi, Simone

Accounting

Gondi, Cassandra

History

Sixteenth century

Italy--Florence

Gondi family

Italy

Gondi, Belicozzo

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944859083503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p35s8h/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania