Collection ID: 0030 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Florentine grain dealer account book

Authors

• Dalle Vanna, Biagio Dicino

Other related names

• Hausdorfer, Walter, 1898-1970, former owner (http://viaf.org/viaf/7857438)

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

(SPC) MSS BH 005 COCH
(Philadelphia, United States, Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center, Harry C. Cochran History of Business Collection)

Alternate identifiers

• https://temple-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=01TULI_ALMA21292290560003811&context=L&vid=TULI&search_scope=default_scope&tab=default_tab&lang=en_US

Publisher

Special Collections Research Center

Language

Italian

Origin

Place

Florence, Italy

Summary

This memorandum book of a Florentine grain dealer contains entries made in a variety of hands, possibly those of the buyers, with entries for payment for grain, rent, taxes, alms, and other income. The number of entries for each year is small. This account book is characteristic of the type used when Palioli created his treatise on double entry bookkeeping. The book designates Biagio Dicino dalle Vanna as the official recorder of transactions and also mentions other members of his family. The entries are dated from 1466-1524, but leaves with entries for 1473-1475, 1495, and 1501-1503 are missing.

Extent

94; 108 x 143 mm bound to 117 x 143 mm

Foliation

Contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto; 1-5, 7, 10-15, 17, 19-30, 35-44, 48-79, 81-94 (gaps due to missing leaves, except for a foliation error omitting 80)

Collation

1 (16, -1 -7 -9 -10), 2 (16, -1 -3 -16), 3 (16, -1 -2 -3 -14 -15 -16), 4-5 (16), 6 (14)

Support

Paper

Binding

Limp parchment wrapper with flap on front cover fore edge

Script

Mercantesca

A few entries in humanistic bookhand and cursive

Provenance

• Purchased, possibly from Otto Ranschburg, date unknown
   

Subjects topical

• Florence (Italy)
• Italy -- Commerce

Genres

• Codices
• Account books

Keywords

• 15th century
• 16th century
• Italian
• Italy
• Paper
• Financial records

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