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Title

Ledger of Amadori accounts

Authors

• Montalvo, Antonio

Call number

Ms. Codex 1384
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944474383503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/303457671
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4447438

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1566-1572

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of miscellaneous accounts for the podere del Colle, located in Poggio alla Croce, a small town outside Florence, probably written by Antonio Montalvo, for the years 1566-1572. The property, recently acquired by Francesco Amadori at the time the manuscript was begun, appears to need extensive renovation. The ledger includes very detailed accounts on the everyday transactions that result from the management and renovation of the farm: examples of such transactions include the purchase of feed for the animals; the expenses required to furnish the house or to replace broken pieces of furniture, or to purchase manure and other fertilizers. Other expenses concern the payment of various workers who help renovate the farm (carpenters, builders, and artisans who make roofing tiles are among those who appear more frequently). In certain cases, there are small sales and purchases between different counterparts, usually involving building or farming materials, and the names that appear more frequently are Francesco di Bastiano, Simone di Cipriano and Stefano di Bartolomeo del Ruta. The cover of the manuscript is made from an earlier document on parchment, dated 1503 and written in Latin.

Notes

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

Watermark

Similar to Briquet, Fleur-de-lis 7104 (Rome, 1565).

Extent

95 leaves : 202 x 142 mm. bound to 209 x 147 mm

Foliation

Paper, 95; versos numbered 1-89, [90-95], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper left verso; rectos numbered [i], 1-89, [90-94], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper right recto (leaves after p.89 are blank). Each opening has a matched numeral on the left and on the right.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 201 on spine; the heading Spese di Francesco Amadori 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 central column with the a brief description of the transaction, including the name of the counterparts involved in the transaction, and the smaller one on the right with the amount received or disbursed.

Script

Written in a cursive script, in the hand of Antonio Montalvo.

Provenance

• Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.
   

Subjects topical

• Accounting--Italy--16th century
• Farm management--Italy
• Farm life--Italy--History

Genres

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

Keywords

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

Licenses

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Decorations

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