University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 284

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1484

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 284

Title:

Memoranda and account book.

Author:

Orlandi, Gisberto

Gisberto Orlandi WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1554-1620.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 43 leaves : paper ; 225 x 165 mm bound to 230 x 161 mm +

Note:

Ms. codex.
The two documents laid in have been removed and placed in a separate folder that is shelved with the manuscript.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, 43; [1-43]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Folios 20-21 are smaller than the rest, but they appear to have been added before the manuscript was bound.
Script: Most entries written in a rapid italic script by Gisberto Orlandi.
Modern bookseller's description pasted inside upper cover. Another more detailed typewritten description is on file in the Library.
Origin: Probably written in Tuscany. Entries date between 29 July 1554 and 1 June 1620. The two documents laid in are dated 1636 and 1642.
Binding: Wrapped in a contemporary vellum document, apparently from an account book. Cover brittle and torn. Lower cover missing. Many stains and smudges. First and last few leaves frayed and torn.
Acquired, 1959.

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Italian

Manuscripts, European

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Account books

History

Sixteenth century

Accounting

Italy

Seventeenth century

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9915808963503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3833mz14/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania