University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1508
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1383
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 1508
- Title:
- Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors and accounts.
- Medici, Alamanno de'
- Place:
- Florence
- Date:
- 1475-1483.
- Language:
- Italian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 147 leaves : paper ; 230 x 168 mm bound to 243 x 171 mm +
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, 147; [1], 2, 4-22, [i], 23, [i], 24-25, [i], 26-37, [i], 38-97, 100-103, 113-115, 121-124, 149-162, 165-166, [167], 168-178, 181-187, [188], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
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...
Script: Written in a cursive script, by multiple hands, including that of Alamanno di Bernardo de' Medici.
Origin: Written in Florence, between 1475 (f.3r) and 1483 (f.100v).
Binding: Modern cloth.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Echelle 5922 (Siena, 1495-1524), but with shorter, parallel sides.
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1963. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944886103503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3wh2dg26/manifest
- Holding Institution:
