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Title

Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1323
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944389563503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/299069425
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4438956

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1521-1534

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of debtors and creditors of Fernando Alamanni de' Medici for the years 1521-1534. Often includes the nature of a given credit or debt and its amount, as well as listing the names of the individuals that hold the debt or credit. Exchanges of money between Fernando and other members of the Medici family (including Enzo, Francesco and Ottaviano) were quite common. In certain cases, debts were paid in kind (especially with swine).

Notes

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

Watermark

Similar to Briquet, Fleur (Florence, 1496).

Extent

143 leaves : 286 x 109 mm. bound to 293 x 116 mm. +

Foliation

Paper, 143; [i], 1-32, 34, [35], 36, [37], 38-43, [44], 45-47, [48-64], 65-69, [70], 71-99, [100-120], 120-123, [124-128], 129-136, [137-142]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto (folios 18-68, 73-76, 78-84, 87-100 are blank but ruled).

Support

Paper

Binding

Modern vellum. Previous binding had no. 164 on slip attached to spine (Zacour-Hirsch).

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. 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.

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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