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Title

Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors

Call number

Ms. Codex 1324
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944390963503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/299152605
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4439096

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1533-1538

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of debtors and creditors of Luigi de' Medici for the years 1533-1538. Often includes the nature of a given credit or debt and its amount, as well as listing the names of the individuals that hold the debt or credit. Most of the debtors appear to be employees or tenants of Luigi de' Medici and, in certain cases, debts were paid in kind (especially with cheese, pigeons, eggs, wine or oil). Debts of Luigi de' Medici with his workers were, however, settled in cash.

Notes

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

Watermark

Similar to Briquet, Fleche 6305 (Florence, 1524-25).

Extent

130 leaves : 220 x 154 mm. bound to 223 x 156 mm. +

Foliation

Paper, i (paper) + 130 + i (paper); most folios have the same number on both recto and verso; rectos numbered 1-10, xi-xii, 13, [14-49, i], 50-65, 69-76, [77], 78-82, [83], 84, [85], 86-90, [91], 92-94, [95-132], contemporary numeration in ink, modern numeration in pencil, upper right recto; versos numbered 1-10, xi-xii, 13, [14-50], 51-64, 68-94, [95-132], contemporary numeration in ink, modern numeration in pencil, upper left verso; (folios 14-50 and 95-132 are blank).

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 22 on spine; the heading Entrata e uscita, letter A with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover with remnants of leather ties wraps around upper cover; decorative leatherwork on spine.

Layout

Written in 3 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the smaller column on the left with the number of the transaction, the large central column with a brief description of it, including the name of the counterparts, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the debt or credit. 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--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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