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Title

Ledger of Medici accounts

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1295
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944329853503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/297225476
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4432985

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1573-1580

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of accounts of the Medici family for the years 1573-1580. Often includes the nature of a given transaction and its amount, as well as listing the names of the individuals that act as counterparts in the transaction.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   
• Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
   

Watermark

Similar to Briquet, Homme 7573 (Milan, 1590), but with a more triangular body.

Extent

48 leaves : 331 x 230 mm. bound to 336 x 233 mm. +

Foliation

Paper, i (paper) + 48; rectos numbered [i], 2-48, contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; versos numbered 1-48, contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper left verso. Arabic and roman numerals are often mixed, some pages are not numbered.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 146 on spine; the heading Giornale, no. 230, letter A with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather ties; decorative leatherwork on spine.

Layout

Written in 3 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the small column on the left with a transaction number; the large central column with a brief description of the transaction and the individual who acts as counterpart in the transaction; the small one on the right with the amount of the asset or liability in arabic numerals.

Script

Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.

Provenance

• Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.
   

Subjects topical

• Accounting--Italy--16th century

Genres

• Codices
• Accounts
• Credit records
• Ledgers (account books)
• Manuscripts, Italian--16th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 16th century
• Italian
• Italy
• Accounts
• Financial records
• Paper

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