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Title

Ledger of Medici accounts

Authors

• Galiotti, Nicolo

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1433
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944549103503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/311095528
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4454910

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1583-1584

Place

Italy

Summary

Ledger of accounts for the Valdinievole farm, property of Vincenzo de' Medici for the years 1583-1584, probably written by Nicolo Galiotti. It includes accounts of the everyday transactions that result from the management of the farm: including the purchase of feed for the animals; revenues derived from harvests (wheat, Lupini beans and linseeds); and expenses related to the payment of the wages of the employees of the farm (often paid both in kind and in cash). In certain cases, for accounts related to a sale, the names of the employee who made the sale and that of the customer are present.

Notes

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

Watermark

Similar to Briquet, Tete humaine 15614 (Lucca, 1445), but with curlier hair and a pointier nose.

Extent

67 leaves : 285 x 216 mm. bound to 287 x 224 mm +

Foliation

Paper, 67; 1-67; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 97 on spine.

Layout

Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large central column with the 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 3 columns or long lines are also used.

Script

Written in a cursive script, by multiple hands, including that of Nicolo Galiotti.

Provenance

• Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.
   

Subjects topical

• Accounting--Italy--16th century
• Farm life--Italy--History
• Farm management--Italy

Genres

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

Keywords

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

Licenses

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Decorations

• Inside front cover — Reused manuscript leaf, Inside front cover
• Inside back cover — Reused manuscript leaf, Inside back cover