University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1492

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1374

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 1492

Title:

Ledger of Detti accounts.

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1557-1558.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 190 leaves : paper ; 278 x 203 mm bound to 290 x 210 mm

Note:

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.

Keyword:

accounts

ledgers (account books)

codices (bound manuscripts)

credit records

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Italian

Early works

Accounting

Italy

Textile industry

Sixteenth century

Detti, Giovanbattista

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944859223503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3x93m/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania