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Title

Ledger of Gondi accounts

Call number

Ms. Codex 1397
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4449534
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4449534

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1608-1622

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of accounts of Giuliano Gondi for the years 1608-1622. It contains accounts related to the farms of Ancisa, Palazzetto, Del Colle and Della Torre, all located outside Florence. The first part of the ledger contains a detailed list of expenses for food and drink and records the amount of every transaction. All the foods that appear throughout the ledger are typical Tuscan foods and the most frequent are bread and cakes; pasta (including lasagne); meat (roast veal, pork and pigeon, geese, lamb, ham, sausages, giblets, fatty chicken liver, quails, larks); fish (salted or boiled cod, oysters, anchovies, eel, tuna roe); fruit and vegetables (artichokes, asparagus, cherries, lettuce, mushrooms, peas); cheese (ricotta, parmesan, sheep's cheese); salt, pepper, saffron and sugar. Also, a rare and almost extinct type of bean, called cicerchie appeared to be a staple of the diet of those who lived on Giuliano Gondi's farms. Expenses related to household management that do not concern food and drink, such as money spent for clothes, shoes and furniture, also appear in the ledger, but not very frequently. In certain cases the names of the counterparts (farmers, butchers, tailors) are also recorded. Expenses appear to be recorded daily, but at the end of each month there is a closing paragraph where the total expenditure for the month is given. The second part of the ledger contains other forms of accounts, mostly related to farm production (wine, oil, grains, feed) organized by farm. In certain cases, short commentaries follow the accounts.

Notes

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

Watermark

Similar to Briquet, Agneau pascal 48 (Florence, 1498).

Extent

128 leaves : 355 x 140 mm. bound to 357 x 147 mm. +

Foliation

Paper, 128; [1-128], modern foliation in pencil, upper left verso, irregular contemporary foliation and pagination in ink, upper outer corners.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 278 on spine; the heading Libro di spese di casa e altre, letter A with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather ties.

Layout

Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large column on the left with the description of the transaction, and the smaller one on the right with the its amount. Sometimes long lines are used to write a closing statement (usually one for each month).

Script

Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.

Provenance

• Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.
   

Subjects topical

• Accounting--Italy--17th century
• Farm life--Italy--History
• Farm management--Italy

Genres

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

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