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Title

Ledger of Detti accounts

Call number

Ms. Codex 1492
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944859223503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/319536018
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4485922

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1557-1558

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of accounts of Giovanbattista Detti for the years 1557-1558. The ledger presents different sections for revenues and liabilities of the Detti businesses. The first section, that of the revenues, often includes the names of the counterparts who contributed to the revenues of Giovanbattista, the most important being Jacopo Marzopini and Federigo de Ricci (who were perhaps business partners), both for the frequency with which they appear and for the amount of the transactions. Other counterparts include Filippo Salviati and Lorenzo Carducci. The ledger contains records of transactions related to money lending and to the sale or purchase of textile products, in equal measure. According to the present manuscript, Giovanbattista Detti, who was primarily a wool and textile merchant, loaned fairly large sums of money to his various counterparts, probably indicating an involvement in the banking field. He also sold wool to various Florentine merchants, predominantly to the Salviati. Most of the expenses recorded in the second part of the ledger concern the payment of salaries to workers and employees, often only identified by their first name. However, expenses for the purchase of manufacturing supplies for textile products are also common.

Notes

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

Watermark

Similar to Briquet, Aigle 83 (Florence, 1484), but with a rounder, less detailed body and a much rounder tail.

Extent

190 leaves : 278 x 203 mm. bound to 290 x 210 mm

Foliation

Paper, 190; [1], 2-7, [8-39], 40-41, [42-60], 61-126, [127-190], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto (f.8-39, 41-60 and 127-190 are blank).

Support

Paper

Binding

Modern cloth.

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. Sometimes long lines are also used.

Script

Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.

Provenance

• Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1963.
   

Subjects topical

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

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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