Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Ledger of Cassi accounts

Call number

Ms. Codex 1414
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4452278
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4452278

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1616-1621

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of accounts of Lodovico Cassi for the years 1616-1621. Includes a detailed list of transactions related both to the textile business and trade, and to household management. The accounts mentioned in the ledger that are related to the textile business include transactions with many different workers (including weavers, spinners and dyers) who were paid for their services as well as the purchase of materials and tools. Moreover, when recording these transactions, information about the various phases of wool manufacturing is also present and are often described in great detail. The accounts related to household management include daily expenses to buy food for the family and for the pets (a recurring expense is meat for the cat); small amounts of money given to the various beggars who walked by the house and knock on the door asking for help; and expenses for writing tools (including wax for seals and letter paper).

Notes

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

Watermark

Unidentified watermark containing a lion.

Extent

95 leaves : 372 x 257 mm. bound to 389 x 259 mm

Foliation

Paper, i (paper) + 95 + i (paper); [1-95], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto; irregular contemporary foliation and pagination in ink, upper outer corners (f. 58-95 are blank but ruled).

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 233 on spine; the heading Quaderno di cassa, no. 99 and letter A with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather ties.

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
• Accounting--Italy--17th century

Genres

• Codices
• Accounts
• Credit records
• Ledgers (account books)
• Manuscripts, Italian--17th century
• Manuscripts, European

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