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Title

Ledger of Amadori debtors and creditors

Other related names

• Amadori, Piero, recipient

Call number

Ms. Codex 1374
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944464553503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/302361719
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4446455

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1537-1544

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of debtors and creditors of Andrea di Lorenzo Amadori for the years 1537-1544. 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. Among the names that appear throughout the ledger are Donato di Francesco, Filippo di Lazzaro, Andrea di Domenico Fonci and Marco Giannacci. The transactions concern small debts or credits between Andrea Amadori and various counterparts, but payments to professionals (including dyers, bakers and carpenters) for their services are not uncommon. There are also many transactions between Andrea Amadori and his employees: in these cases the former often pays in cash, whereas the latter tend to pay in kind. The cover of the manuscript is made from an earlier document on parchment written in Latin. A letter from Andrea to Piero Amadori, concerning the payment of a bill of exchange (referred in the letter as lettera di cambio) is laid in the manuscript.

Notes

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

Watermark

Unidentified watermark containing large grapes.

Extent

97 leaves : 209 x 139 mm. bound to 214 x 141 mm. +

Foliation

Paper, 97; [ii], 1-95; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 197 on spine; the heading Deb[ito]ri e creditori, no. 1 and letter E on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with remnants of leather ties.

Layout

Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large column on the left with the debtor or creditor and a brief description of the credit or debt, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the credit or debt. Usually credits are listed on the left page and debts on the right page of an opening, with the same individuals or institutions 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--16th century

Genres

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

Keywords

• 16th century
• 17th century
• Italian
• Italy
• Accounts
• Financial records
• Paper

Licenses

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Decorations

• Inside front cover — Reused manuscript leaf, Inside front cover