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Title

Ledger of Gondi accounts

Authors

• Gondi, Lorenzo
• Gondi, Antonio
• Gondi, Francesco

Call number

Ms. Codex 1393
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944495043503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/308561960
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4449504

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1542-1618

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of accounts of the Gondi family for the years 1542-1618. Parts of it are written by Lorenzo di Mariotto Gondi, Antonio Gondi and Francesco di Lorenzo Gondi in the first person. Most transactions deal with the payment of rent, or the negotiation of said rent, between members of the Gondi family and the friars of the churches of Santa Maria Novella and Santa Maria degli Innocenti, two of the biggest and most important churches of Florence, which also often acted as hospitals and orphanages. The friars also appeared to engage in frequent exchanges of money with the Gondi family. These smaller transactions were probably loans. In the third section of the ledger, many friars personally write, sign and date short receipts that acknowledge the payment of variable amounts of money either from or to one or more members of the Gondi family. Memoranda, written in a more narrative tone, describe the circumstances that lead to the creation of a debt or credit.

Notes

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

Extent

96 leaves : 204 x 138 mm. bound to 210 x 140 mm. +

Foliation

Paper, 96; [1-96], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto; irregular contemporary foliation and pagination in ink, upper outer corners.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 77 on spine; the heading Libro di spese della casetta...1542, letter A and no.1 on upper cover; faded writing on lower cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather ties; decorative leatherwork on spine.

Layout

Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large central column with a brief description of the transaction, including the name of the counterparts involved in the transaction, and the smaller one on the right with the amount received or disbursed. Memoranda written in long lines.

Decoration

Manicules, f. 9v, 13v, 14v, 17r, 17v, 58r, 59v, 64v, 65v, and 91v.

Script

Written in a cursive script, by multiple hands.

Provenance

• Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.
   

Subjects topical

• Catholic Church--Italy--Finance
• Santa Maria Novella (Church : Florence, Italy)
• Ospedale degli Innocenti (Florence, Italy)--History
• Accounting--Italy--16th century
• Accounting--Italy--17th century

Genres

• Codices
• Accounts
• Credit records
• Ledgers (account books)
• Manuscripts, Italian--16th century
• Manuscripts, Italian--17th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance
• Manuscripts, European

Keywords

• 16th century
• 17th century
• Italian
• Italy
• Accounts
• Financial records
• Paper
• Christian

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1v — Memoranda, f. 1v
• fol. 20v — Debtors and creditors, f. 20v
• fol. 81r — Receipts, f. 81r

Decorations

• fol. 9v — Manicule, f. 9v
• fol. 13v — Manicule, f. 13v
• fol. 14v — Manicule, f. 14v
• fol. 17v — Manicule, f. 17v
• fol. 59v — Manicule, f. 59v
• fol. 64v — Manicule, f. 64v
• fol. 65v — Manicule, f. 65v
• fol. 91v — Manicule, f. 91v