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Title

Medici inventories

Call number

Ms. Codex 1493
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4486578
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4486578

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1641

Place

Florence

Summary

Inventories of the assets of Vincenzo de' Medici written in 1641, probably written by his mother. Vincenzo left Florence to move to Naples and asked his mother to make an inventory of his assets before having them sent to his new residence. The items that appear in the inventory include a large number of clothes and accessories (including lace collars, linens, towels and handkerchiefs, all custom-made and decorated) described in great detail; household accessories (including other kinds of less precious linens, cleaning tools and stove and kitchen accessories); jewelry (including pearl necklaces, a rosary with large prayer beads, chains of various materials, a ruby ring, other less valuable pieces of jewelry such as rings, crystals, coral accessories and children's jewelry); and silverware (including cups, assorted sets of cutlery, a small silver filigree box, buckets and various pieces of cookware). The last four leaves, written in a different hand and on a different kind of paper, contain a very similar inventory of the aforementioned objects that were, however, sold by Vincenzo once he reached Naples. 11 leaves between f. 5 and f. 6 have been cut from the manuscript.

Notes

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

Watermark

Unidentified watermark containing a circle and a human figure with large feet.

Extent

17 leaves : 208 x 138 mm. bound to 218 x 156 mm

Foliation

Paper, i (modern paper) + 17 + ii (modern paper); [1-17]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Modern cloth.

Script

Written in a cursive script by multiple hands.

Provenance

• Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1963.
   

Subjects topical

• Clothing and dress--Italy--Florence--17th century
• House furnishings--Italy

Genres

• Codices
• Inventories
• Manuscripts, Italian--17th century
• Manuscripts, European

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