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Title

Ledger of Medici accounts

Authors

• Di Nanni, Francesco

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1326
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944396083503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/299511534
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4439608

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1535-1544

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of debtors and creditors of a brother of Alamanno de' Medici, whose name is not mentioned, for the years 1535-1544. Written by Francesco di Domenico di Nanni, who signed it repeatedly and on numerous pages, this ledger 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; it also lists various other expenses. Debtors and creditors are usually either tenants or employees of the brother of Alamanno de' Medici; expenses usually concern different aspects of farm management (including the sale or purchase of cattle, swine, feed and wheat). There are a few occurrences of money exchanges between Alamanno de' Medici and his brother. Foliation suggests that this was part of a larger manuscript.

Notes

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

Watermark

Similar to Briquet, Croix Grecque 5544 (Florence 1496-1498).

Extent

73 leaves : 281 x 96 mm. bound to 291 x 109 mm

Foliation

Paper, 73; 14-86, contemporary foliation, upper right recto; 1-28, [29-73], near-contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto (references in this record refer to the second foliation scheme).

Support

Paper

Binding

Modern vellum.

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 appearing as debtors or creditors on facing pages. Other expenses are written in long lines.

Script

Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands, including the one of Francesco di Domenico di Nanni.

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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