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Title

Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1290
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944311303503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/291098996
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4431130

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1553-1572

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of debtors and creditors of Carlo and Bastiano di Bernardo de' Medici for the years 1553-1572. Includes a section, titled Ricordi, that consists of memoranda of business contracts and their negotiation where a third party, writing in the first person, mentions Carlo and Bastiano de' Medici and sometimes other individuals and details of their business meetings.

Notes

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

Watermark

Similar to Briquet, Etoile, 6098 (Siena, 1495-1524).

Extent

64 leaves : 277 x 210 mm. bound to 286 x 212 mm. +

Foliation

Paper, 64; [i], 1-63, contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 36 on spine; the heading Debiti, Crediti, Ricordi, no. 126 and letter A with decorative penwork on upper cover; decorative leatherwork on spine.

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 credit or debt in arabic numerals. Usually credits are listed on the left page and debts on the right page of an opening, with the same individuals or institutions appearing as debtors or creditors on facing pages. Memoranda written in long lines and for the most part only contain text.

Script

Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.

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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