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Title

Ledger of Medici accounts

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1294
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944329803503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/297176653
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4432980

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1573-1576

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of accounts of Carlo di Bernardo de' Medici and Francesco di Stefano di Risaliti, a Florentine businessman involved in the textile trade, for the years 1573-1576. Often includes the nature of a given transaction and its amount, as well as listing the names of the individuals that act as counterparts in the transaction.

Notes

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

Watermark

Similar to Briquet, Armoires Lion 1883 (Florence, 1529), but with the lion's snout more defined.

Extent

240 leaves : 328 x 228 mm. bound to 337 x 231 mm

Foliation

Paper, i (paper) + 240 leaves + i (paper); versos numbered [1-240], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto; irregular contemporary foliation and pagination in ink, upper outer corners.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 39 on spine; the heading Entrata e uscita a/2, no. 48, letter A with decorative penwork and signet C F on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather strap; decorative leatherwork on spine.

Layout

Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large column on the left with a brief description of the transaction and the individual who acts as counterpart in the transaction; the smaller one on the right with the amount of the asset or liability in Arabic numerals.

Script

Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.

Provenance

• Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.
   

Subjects topical

• Accounting--Italy--16th century
• Textile industry--Italy--Early works to 1800

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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