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Title

Ledger of Cassi accounts and memoranda

Call number

Ms. Codex 1415
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4452280
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4452280

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1616-1621

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of accounts and memoranda of Lodovico Cassi for the years 1616-1621. Includes a detailed list of transactions related both to the textile business and trade and receipts from some of the counterparts involved in said transactions. The accounts mentioned in the ledger that are related to the textile business include transactions with many different workers (including weavers, spinners and dyers) who were paid for their services as well as the purchase of materials and tools. Lodovico Cassi also appears to be involved in the leather industry as a small number of the business receipts are the result of the purchase of leather. In certain cases, the counterparts in the transactions write a small note at the end of the page in which they acknowledge the truthfulness and accuracy of the record. Memoranda describe in greater detail how a situation led to the creation of a debt or credit, or why a certain purchase was made.

Notes

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

Extent

96 leaves : 340 x 238 mm. bound to 355 x 240 mm. +

Foliation

Paper, i (paper) + 96 + i (paper); [1-96], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto; irregular contemporary foliation and pagination in ink, upper outer corners (f. 4-26 and 70-96 are blank but ruled).

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 283 on spine; the heading Ricordanze e tintori, no. 108 and 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 central column with a brief description of the transaction, including the names 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.

Script

Written in a cursive script by multiple hands.

Provenance

• Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.
   

Subjects topical

• Textile industry--Italy--Early works to 1800
• Accounting--Italy--17th century
• Dyes and dyeing--Italy--Early works to 1800

Genres

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

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