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Title

Ledger of Medici accounts

Authors

• Ciarfalli, Antonio

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1306
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944330273503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/298209792
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4433027

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1597-1606

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of accounts of Vincenzo de' Medici for the years 1597-1606. 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. The counterparts in the transactions are often members of other aristocratic families from Florence, the most important being the Albizzi, the Capponi, the Morelli and the Strozzi. Less frequent are other kinds of counterparts, such as employees or tenants of the Vincenzo de' Medici, who can pay in kind, or receive in kind payments. Signed repeatedly by Antonio Ciarfalli.

Notes

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

Watermark

Similar to Briquet, Lettre M 8390 (Florence, 1529).

Extent

256 leaves : 356 x 250 mm. bound to 362 x 253 mm

Foliation

Paper, i (paper) + 256 + i (paper); each folio has the same number on both recto and verso; rectos numbered [i], 1-225, [226-232], 233-237, [238-256], contemporary numeration in ink, modern numeration in pencil, upper right recto; versos numbered 1-225, [226-232], 233-237, [238-256], contemporary numeration in ink, modern numeration in pencil, upper left verso (leaves 226-232 and 238-256 are blank but ruled).

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, unreadable number. on spine; the heading Ent[ra]ta e usc[it]a del libro, letter B with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover with remnants of leather ties wraps around upper cover; decorative leatherwork on spine.

Layout

Written in 3 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the smaller column on the left with the transaction number or the year in which the transaction took place, the large central column with the transaction and a brief description of it, and the smaller one on the right with its amount in arabic numerals. In certain cases the large central column contains itemized accounts of a transaction within one entry.

Script

Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands, including Antonio Ciarfalli.

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, Italian--17th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance
• Manuscripts, European

Keywords

• 16th century
• 17th century
• Italian
• Italy
• Accounts
• Financial records
• Paper

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1v — Entrata del libro, f. 1v
• fol. 32r — Uscita del libro, f. 32r