University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1539
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1403
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 1539
- Title:
- Ledger of Medici accounts.
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- 1563-1569.
- Language:
- Italian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 48 leaves : paper ; 275 x 205 mm bound to 289 x 217 mm
- Note:
- Origin: Written in Italy between 1563 (f. 1r) and 1569 (f. 46r).
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, 48; [1], 2-19, xx, 21-46, [47-48], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in ink, upper right recto (f. 47-48 are blank).
Ms. codex.
Script: Written in a cursive script by multiple hands.
Decoration: Signet L V in ink (f. 1r).
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Arbre 773 (Livorno, 1512), but with a small star on top.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 124 on spine; the heading Quadernaccio, signet LV, no. 134 and letter B with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover with remnants of leather ties wraps around upper cover; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Layout: Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large central column with a brief description of the debt, credit or expense, including the name of the counterparts involved in the transaction, and the smaller one on the right with the amount received or disbursed.
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1963. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9945002893503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3bt24/manifest
- Holding Institution:
