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Title

Ledger of Amadori accounts and memoranda

Authors

• Amadori, Andrea

Call number

Ms. Codex 1381
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944467203503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/302411864
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4446720

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1547-1552

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of accounts and memoranda of Andrea Amadori for the years 1547-1552. Parts of the memoranda are written by Andrea Amadori in the first person. Contains miscellaneous accounts of transactions concerning small debts and credits; the payment of rent from tenants; farm management for the podere di Castelfranco, property of Andrea Amadori; and textile business with dyers and various other textile workers. Although most counterparts are either employees or tenants of Andrea Amadori, there are money exchanges between other kinds of counterparts, such as the Frati of the Convento di San Donato, located in Scarlino, south of Florence. Memoranda contain more detailed descriptions of the events that led to the creation of a debt or a credit and, in certain cases, itemized accounts of single transactions are also present (especially for transactions related to farm management, where detailed production accounts are present in the memoranda after a brief commentary). The cover of the manuscript is made from an earlier document on parchment (perhaps of the late 14th century) written in Latin.

Notes

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

Watermark

Similar to Briquet, Fleur-de-lis 6888 (Pistoia, 1490).

Extent

96 leaves : 212 x 167 mm. bound to 235 x 169 mm

Foliation

Paper, 96; [i], 1-80, [81-95], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 192 and 73 on spine; the heading Ricordi Andrea Amadori and letter A on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with remnants of leather ties.

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 by multiple hands, including that of Andrea Amadori.

Provenance

• Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.
   

Subjects topical

• Accounting--Italy--16th century
• Textile industry--Italy--Early works to 1800
• Farm management--Italy

Genres

• Codices
• Accounts
• Credit records
• Ledgers (account books)
• Manuscripts, Italian--16th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

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

Licenses

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Decorations

• Inside front cover — Reused manuscript leaf, Inside front cover
• Inside back cover — Reused manuscript leaf, Inside back cover