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Title

Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors and memoranda

Authors

• Medici, Francesca de'

Call number

Ms. Codex 1365
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944450133503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301949578
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4445013

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1534-1562

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of debtors and creditors and memoranda of Francesca di Bivigliano de' Medici for the years 1534-1562, at least partially written by Francesca de' Medici and in the first person. 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. Among the names that appear there are Camilla and Bartolomea de' Medici, daughters of Francesca; Tommaso di Lorenzo Ridolfi, fiancé of Camilla; and Bivigliano de' Medici. The counterparts are usually members of the Medici family, but there are also transactions with servants or employees of Francesca or her daughters. Some transactions are settled in cash, others in kind (using animals, produce or textiles), regardless of whether the counterpart is a family member or an employee. Memoranda offer a more detailed description of single transactions, such as the events which led to a credit or a debt.

Notes

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

Extent

112 leaves : 164 x 111 mm. bound to 170 x 113 mm

Foliation

Paper, 112 leaves; versos numbered 2-41, [42-45], 46-65, [66-112, i], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper left verso; rectos numbered 1-96, [97-112] upper right recto (leaves 103-112 blank).

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 26 on spine; the heading Debitori e creditori on upper cover; lower cover with remnants of leather ties wraps around upper cover with leather strap; decorative leatherwork on spine.

Script

Written in a cursive script by multiple hands, including that of Francesca di Bivigliano de' Medici.

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

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Debtors and creditors, f. 1r
• fol. 88r — Memoranda, f. 88r