Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Ledger of Amadori accounts

Call number

Ms. Codex 1383
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944474373503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/303457662
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4447437

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1556-1566

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of miscellaneous accounts of Andrea di Lorenzo Amadori for the years 1556-1566. The name of Andrea appears only on the first page of the manuscript; there are, however, a few paragraphs written in the first person and not signed, perhaps written by Andrea Amadori. The ledger contains a variety of debts and credits including the sale or purchase of textile products (different kinds of linens), household accessories and produce (eggs, onions, spinach, rosemary plants and lettuce); and payment of salaries to workers. The name of Francesco di Andrea Amadori appears frequently throughout the ledger; other names present in the book are Giuliano and Raffaello Girolami, Camillo del Luca, Alessandro Bettini, Mario Feroni, and a woman called Maddalena, who is identified as the nanny of the Amadori family. Another expense mentioned in the ledger was the tax on grinding (gabella della macinatura), which had to be paid weekly to the Comune.

Notes

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

Watermark

Similar to Briquet, Tete humaine 15614 (Lucca, 1445), but with curlier hair and a pointier nose.

Extent

160 leaves : 203 x 138mm. bound to 211 x 140 mm. +

Foliation

Paper, i (paper) + 160; [i], 1, i, 2-158, contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto (f.158 blank).

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 181 on spine; the heading Quadernuccio 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.

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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