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Title

Ledger of Medici accounts

Call number

Ms. Codex 1315
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4435722
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4435722

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1609-1611

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of accounts of the Medici family for the years 1609-1611. It contains a detailed list of transfers of large sums of money between the Medici bank of Florence and various counterparts, the most important being the banks of the Medici Capponi and other banks in Pisa, Siena, Rome and Naples, possibly branches of the Medici bank of Florence. There are also exchanges between the Medici bank of Florence and institutions of other cities, such as the Priore di Bologna (f. 33r).

Notes

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

Watermark

Similar to Briquet, Couronne 4835 (Lucca, 1565-1566).

Extent

48 leaves : 418 x 277 mm. bound to 431 x 285 mm

Foliation

Paper, i (paper) + 48 + i (paper); each folio has the same number on both recto and verso; rectos numbered [1], 2-8, [9], 10-22, [23], 24, [25], 26-27, [28-32], 65-80, [with modern foliation 33-48], contemporary numeration in ink, modern numeration in pencil, upper right recto; versos numbered 1-26, [27], [28-32], 65-80, [with modern foliation 33-48], contemporary numeration in ink, modern numeration in pencil, upper left verso (leaves 28-32 and 46-48 are blank but ruled).

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 154 on spine; the heading Quaderno di cambi, no. 220 and letter D 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 certain cases the large central column contains itemized accounts of a transaction within one entry.

Script

Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.

Provenance

• Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.
   

Subjects topical

• Accounting--Italy--17th century
• Banks and banking--Italy--Florence--Early works to 1800

Genres

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

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