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Title

Ledger of Amadori debtors and creditors

Call number

Ms. Codex 1369
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944456743503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/302271707
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4445674

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1506-1514

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of debtors and creditors of Andrea di Lorenzo Amadori for the years 1506-1514. 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 throughout the ledger are Bartolomeo and Elisabetta Amadori, Francesco di Giovanni Ruspoli and Francesco di Mauro. The transactions concern small debts or credits between Andrea Amadori and various counterparts, including other members of the Amadori family, but payments to professionals (including dyers, bakers, carpenters) for their services are not uncommon. Memoranda consist of more detailed descriptions of the circumstances that led to the creation of a debt or credit. Sometimes the name of the notary public or lawyer who was involved in the more complicated transactions is also present.

Notes

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

Watermark

Similar to Briquet, Aigle 88 (Florence, 1498); and unidentified watermark containing a griffin.

Extent

96 leaves : 228 x 162 mm. bound to 234 x 164 mm. +

Foliation

Paper, 96; [i], 1-95; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 172 on spine; the heading Creditori e debitori e ricordi, letter A with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover missing; decorative leatherwork on spine.

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. Memoranda written in long lines.

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

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