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Title

Ledger of Medici accounts

Call number

Ms. Codex 1308
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4433055
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4433055

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1603-1606

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of accounts of the Medici family for the years 1603-1606. It consists of a detailed review of accounts, especially debts of an often unspecified member (or members) of the Medici family with external counterparts or other members of the family. An account review is a (usually yearly) recap of pending debts for counterparts with whom the debtor already has an existing business relationship of some kind. Often includes the name of the counterpart of a given transaction as well as listing the amount of the transactions. The counterparts in the transactions are often members of other aristocratic families from Florence, the most important being the Capponi Medici (who also had influence over the Pisan territory) , the Morelli and the Strozzi. The names of Francesco, Giambattista and Lorenzo de' Medici appear on numerous occasions, and they are presented as both creditors and debtors at different moments.

Notes

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

Watermark

Similar to Briquet, Ange 675 (Pisa, 1569).

Extent

95 leaves : 298 x 209 mm. bound to 231 x 213 mm. +

Foliation

Paper, i (paper) + 95 + i (paper); [i], 1-4, [5], 6-50, [51-95], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto (leaves 41-95 are blank but ruled). The first 11 openings have a numeral on the left to match the foliation on the right.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 54 on spine; the heading Riscontri di banchi 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 column on the left with the name of the counterpart in the transaction, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the transaction in arabic numerals. In the occurrence of both a debt and a credit with a specific counterpart, credits are usually listed on the left page and debts on the right page of an opening, with the same individuals appearing as debtors or creditors on facing pages.

Script

Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.

Provenance

• Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.
   

Subjects topical

• Accounting--Italy--17th century

Genres

• Codices
• Accounts
• Credit records
• Ledgers (account books)
• Manuscripts, Italian--17th century
• Manuscripts, European

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