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Title

Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors

Call number

Ms. Codex 1360
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944446113503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301804686
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4444611

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1513-1514

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of debtors and creditors of Bivigliano d'Alamanno de' Medici for the years 1513-1514. 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 transactions concern the payment of debts and credits between Bivigliano de' Medici and his servants or employees and sometimes payments are in kind (oil, wine, wheat, produce). Some transactions are payments to small shops or businesses (shoemaker, miller) from Bivigliano de' Medici and they are settled in cash.

Notes

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

Extent

95 leaves : 140 x 105 mm. bound to 144 x 107 mm

Foliation

Paper, 95; [1], 2-20, 22-96, contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 9 on spine; the heading Debitori e C[reditor]i on upper cover; upper cover wraps around lower cover with leather ties.

Layout

Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large column on the left with the description of the transaction, and the smaller one on the right with its amount.

Decoration

Manicules (f. 45v, 80v, 84r, 87r).

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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