Extent: 190 leaves : paper ; 278 x 203 mm bound to 290 x 210 mm
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Binding: Modern cloth. Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records. Title supplied by cataloger. Decoration: Detti signet in ink (f.1r). Ms. codex. Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Aigle 83 (Florence, 1484), but with a rounder, less detailed body and a much rounder tail. Foliation: Paper, 190; [1], 2-7, [8-39], 40-41, [42-60], 61-126, [127-190], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto (f.8-39, 41-60 and 127-190 are blank). 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. Sometimes long lines are also used. Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands. Origin: Written in Italy between 1557 (f. 2r) and 1558 (f. 5v). Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1963.
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