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Title

Ledger of Risaliti accounts

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1405
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944522443503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/310420946
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4452244

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1550-1558

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of accounts of Francesco di Stefano Risaliti for the years 1550-1558. Francesco di Stefano Risaliti appears to be a member of the guild of the lanaioli, merchants who dealt in woolen cloth and cooperated with the other corporations of bankers and merchants in the comune of Florence. The Risaliti, like other lanaioli, saw all the processes from the raw baled wool through the final cloth, woven at numerous looms scattered in domiciles throughout the city. The ledger reflects various activities and mentions transactions with many different workers (including weavers, spinners, dyers) who were paid for their services. When recording these transactions, information about the various phases of wool manufacturing is also present, often described in great detail. Records of transactions with artisans whose businesses were not related to wool manufacturing, such as leather and wax workers, are also present, but less frequent.

Notes

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

Watermark

Similar to Briquet, Fleche 6299 (Florence, 1518-28).

Extent

160 leaves : 333 x 229 mm. bound to 340 x 234 mm

Foliation

Paper, i (parchment) + 160 leaves; versos numbered 1-113, 113-114, [115-160], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper left verso; rectos numbered [i], i-cxiii, cxiii, cxiiii, 115-151, [152-158] upper right recto (leaves 152-158 are blank but ruled).

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 250 on spine; the heading Quaderno di manifattori, no. 67, signet D and letter A with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather straps; decorative leatherwork on spine.

Layout

Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large column on the left with the name of the counterpart and a brief description of the transaction, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the transaction.

Script

Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.

Provenance

• Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.
   

Subjects topical

• Accounting--Italy--16th century
• Textile industry--Italy--Early works to 1800
• Dyes and dyeing--Italy--Early works to 1800
• Woolen and worsted manufacture--Italy--History
• Wool industry--Italy--History

Genres

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

Keywords

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

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