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Title

Ledger of Davanzati accounts

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1428
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944542793503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/311134958
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4454279

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1555-1560

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of accounts of Francesco Davanzati for the years 1555-1560. Often includes the nature of a given transaction and the counterparts involved. Most of the expenses that appear in the ledger are related to household management (purchase of food, drink, furniture and linen) or to the payment of the wages of employees of Francesco Davanzati (including carpenters, builders and farmers). Revenues are mostly related to the sale of wheat, grains and wood produced in the Davanzati estate. Small debts and credits with private individuals who are not members of any famous family appear throughout the ledger.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   
• For another manuscript probably belonging to Francesco Davanzati, see Ms. Codex 1429, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania.
   
• Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
   

Watermark

Similar to Briquet, Fleche 6299 (Florence, 1518-1528).

Extent

160 leaves : 328 x 228 mm. bound to 340 x 230 mm. +

Foliation

Paper, 160; 1-121, 121-159; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto (f. 87-120 blank).

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum; the heading Entrata e uscita, no. 223 and letter A with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with remnants of 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 small one on the right with the amount of the transaction. Sometimes long lines are also used.

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

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

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