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Title

Ledger of Cassi accounts

Authors

• Medici, Andrea de'

Call number

Ms. Codex 1416
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4452318
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4452318

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1621-1625

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of accounts of Lodovico Cassi for the years 1621-1625. Often includes the amount of a given credit or debt as well as listing the names of the individuals that act as counterparts in the transactions. Among the names that appear throughout the ledger are Andrea de' Medici; Bartolomeo and Giovanbattista Fabbioni; Benedetto Galilei; Lorenzo and Cesare Cardini; Bartolomeo Comparini; and Ugo della Stufa. Although it is not clear whether Lodovico Cassi is a member of the guild of the lanaioli, or wool merchants, most of the transactions that appear in the ledger are related to wool manufacturing: it appears that he and his counterparts exchanged variable quantities of unfinished wool products at different stages of the manufacturing process, and, in certain cases, finished products were also sold. Andrea de' Medici appears to be one of most important counterparts in such transactions, given the very large amount of both finished and unfinished products which were exchanged between him and Lodovico Cassi (for example, see f.1-4).

Notes

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

Watermark

Unidentified watermark containing a lion, a rudimentary circle and a crown.

Extent

96 leaves : 338 x 228 mm. bound to 350 x 236 mm. +

Foliation

Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 96 + i (contemporary paper); rectos numbered [1], 2-42, [43-96], contemporary numeration in ink, modern numeration in pencil, upper right verso; versos numbered 1-42, [43-96], contemporary numeration in ink, modern numeration in pencil, upper left recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 244 on spine; the heading Compere, no. 3 and letter B with decorative penwork on upper 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. Sometimes long lines are also used.

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
• Woolen and worsted manufacture--Italy--History
• Accounting--Italy--17th century

Genres

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

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