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Title

Ledger of Risaliti accounts

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1411
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944522733503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/310421204
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4452273

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1554-1565

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of debtors and creditors of Francesco di Stefano Risaliti for the years 1554-1565. 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 appear to be with employees who operate in the wool and textile industry (especially dyers and spinners) who are paid for their services; but transactions with various workers (farmers, carpenters, builders) are also present. Other transactions are related to the purchase of dyeing materials and tools. When recording accounts related to wool manufacturing, detailed descriptions of said processes are often given, with lists of different dyes and fabric types.

Notes

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

Watermark

Similar to Briquet, Armoires Lion 1883 (Florence, 1529), but with the lion's snout more defined.

Extent

194 leaves : 328 x 112 mm. bound to 339 x 116 mm

Foliation

Paper, 194; 1-15, 17-84, [85-195]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto (f. 85-195 blank).

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 254 on spine; the heading Quaderno di cassa della tinta, no. 73 (?) and letter C with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather ties; 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 and a brief description of the transaction, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the transaction.

Script

Written in a cursive script by multiple hands.

Provenance

• Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.
   

Subjects topical

• Textile industry--Italy--Early works to 1800
• Dyes and dyeing--Italy--Early works to 1800
• Accounting--Italy--16th century

Genres

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

Keywords

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

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