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Title

Ledger of Gondi accounts

Call number

Ms. Codex 1503
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4488199
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4488199

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1692-1694

Place

Florence

Summary

Ledger of accounts of Ottavia Gondi, concerning her share of inheritance from her father, Federigo Gondi, for the years 1692-1694. At his death, Federigo Gondi left to his heirs a considerable estate, but also a number of debts. The ledger contains itemized accounts of both expenses and revenues that were left to Ottavia by her father. Most of the estate described consists of farms and their related movable goods, and Ottavia's shares of each are evaluated for accounting purposes, and the farmers in charge of each property appear to have provided the estimate. Ottavia's inheritance is therefore composed of a share of the value of the farms themselves, as well as a percentage of the revenues generated by the sale of produce from each farm. Outstanding debts are also related to the management of the farms and they include small payments for salaries and other services provided by farmers or farm managers (referred to as fattori). Included are the names of the fattori, the most important being Giovan Francesco Camerlenghi, who was in charge of a large part of the estate of Federigo before his death.

Notes

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

Watermark

Unidentified watermark, very small, containing mountains.

Extent

192 leaves : 341 x 241 mm. bound to 364 x 254 mm

Foliation

Paper, 192; each folio has the same number on both recto and verso; rectos numbered [1], 2-10, [11-96], 97-98, [99-128], 129-130, [131-160], 161-163, [164-192], contemporary numeration in ink, upper right recto; versos numbered 1-10, [11-96], 97-98, [99-128], 129-130, [131-160], 161-163, [164-192], contemporary numeration in ink, upper left verso (leaves 11-96, 99-128, 131-160, 164-192 are blank but ruled).

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 318 and 90 on spine; the heading Giornale entrata e uscita on upper cover; lower cover with remnants of leather ties wraps around upper cover; decorative leatherwork on spine.

Layout

Written in 3 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the smaller column on the left with the number of the transaction, the large central column with a brief description of it, including the name of the counterparts, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the debt or credit. In certain cases the large central column contains itemized accounts of a transaction within one entry.

Script

Written in a cursive script.

Provenance

• Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1963.
   

Subjects topical

• Accounting--Italy--17th century
• Inheritance and succession--Early works to 1800

Genres

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

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