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Title

Ledger of Gondi debtors and creditors and accounts

Call number

Ms. Codex 1555
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4533386
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4533386

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1652-1669

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of debtors and creditors and miscellaneous accounts of Filippo Gondi for the years 1652-1669. Often includes the nature of a given debt or credit or other transaction, as well as listing the name of the individual who holds the debt or credit or who acts as counterpart in the transaction. Some of the names that appear throughout the ledger are those of Francesco and Filippo Mancelli, Francesca Cellini, and Arcangelo Masini. Many transactions concern the sale or purchase of textile products, as well as the payment of the salaries of those who worked with or for Filippo Gondi in the manufacturing of textile products. Some debts and credits are related to the sale of cheese (probably sheep's cheese, simply referred to as cacio), produced on an unidentified farm owned by Filippo Gondi, or to the payment for the purchase of spices from spice merchants, referred to as speziali. Other small transactions and accounts related to various aspects of farm management are also present (including the sale, purchase, or exchange of lambs, cattle and farm tools).

Notes

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

Watermark

Unidentified watermark containing a circle, a thin cross, and the initials L M(?).

Extent

30 leaves : 216 x 154 mm

Foliation

Paper, 30; [i], 1-25, [26-29], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper left verso, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Layout

Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large column on the left with the debtor or creditor and a brief description of the credit or debt, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the debt and credit. 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--17th century
• Textile industry--Italy--Early works to 1800
• Farm life--Italy--History
• Farm management--Italy

Genres

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

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