University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1507
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1382
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 1507
- Title:
- Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors and memoranda.
- Place:
- Florence
- Date:
- 1538-1539.
- Language:
- Italian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 144 leaves : paper ; 226 x 165 mm bound to 231 x 153 mm
- Note:
- 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 credit or debt. Usually credits are listed on the left page and debts on the right page of an opening, with the same individuals or institutions appearing as debtors or...
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, 144; [i], 1, 1, 2-25, [26], 27-51, [52-102], 104-106, [107-143]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Ms. codex.
Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Ancre 489 (Florence, 1519).
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 25 on spine; the heading Debitori e creditori e ricordi, seguitarassi per la redità iacente del detto Luigi Medici, and letter B on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with remnants of leather ties; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Origin: Written in Florence between 1538 (f. 2r) and 1539 (f. 20v).
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1963. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944886043503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p36x1j/manifest
- Holding Institution:
