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Title

Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1272
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944266983503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/279263152
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4426698

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

ca. 1580

Place

Italy

Summary

A ledger of debtors and creditors of Carlo de Medici for the years 1573-1580. Includes accounts of debts and credits for individuals and institutions such as churches and farms.

Notes

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

Watermark

Similar to Briquet, Homme 7573 ( Milan, 1590), but with a more triangular body.

Extent

208 leaves : 325 x 230 mm. bound to 410 x 240 mm. +

Foliation

Paper, i (paper) + 208 + i (paper); versos numbered 1-207, [i], in contemporary ink, upper left verso; rectos numbered [i], i, 2, iii-lxi, 62-63, lxiiii-ccvii, in contemporary ink, upper right recto. Each opening has a matched arabic numeral on the left and roman numeral on the right.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 38 on spine, no. 9 and letter A with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather ties; decorative leatherwork on spine.

Layout

Written in 3 informal columns, a small one on the left which sometimes has the year of the credits and debts, a larger one on the center with a brief description of the credit or the debit and another small one on the right with the amount of the debit or credit in arabic numerals. Usually credits are listed on the left page and debts are listed on the right page of an opening, with the same individuals appearing as debtors and creditors on facing pages in some cases.

Script

Written in a cursive script.

Provenance

• Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.
   

Subjects topical

• Accounting--Italy--16th century

Genres

• Codices
• Accounts
• Credit records
• Ledgers (account books)
• Manuscripts, Italian--16th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

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

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