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Title

Ledger of Arrigucci debtors and creditors and memoranda

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1390
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944484553503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/307478890
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4448455

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1521-1524

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of debtors and creditors and memoranda of Donato Arrigucci for the years 1521-1524. 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 Giovanbattista and Jacopo Giocondi; Bonifacio and Donato Forzi; and Giuliano and Francesco Ambrogi. The counterparts are usually members of the aristocratic Florentine families, but transactions with servants or employees of the Arrigucci family are not uncommon. Some transactions are settled in cash, others in kind (with 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.
   

Watermark

Similar to Briquet, Ancre 442, (Florence, 1510).

Extent

182 leaves : 282 x 212 mm. bound to 289 x 215 mm. +

Foliation

Paper, i (parchment) + 182 + i (parchment); [i], 1-181; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto (leaves 69-129, 145-169 and 173-181 are blank).

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 218.2 on spine; the heading Quaderno e ricordanze and letter G with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with remnants of leather ties; decorative leatherwork on spine.

Layout

Written in 3 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the small column on the left with the transaction number, the large central column with the name of the counterpart and a brief description of the transaction, and the small one on the right with the amount of the transaction. In certain cases the large central column contains itemized accounts of a transaction within one entry. 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
• Italian
• Italy
• Accounts
• Financial records
• Paper

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Giornale, f. 1r
• fol. 130r — Ricordanze, f. 130r
• fol. 170r — Giornale, f. 170r