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Title

Ledger of Risaliti debtors and creditors and accounts

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1453
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944689353503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/316335041
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4468935

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1550-1557

Place

Tuscany

Summary

Ledger of debtors and creditors and accounts of Francesco di Stefano Risaliti for the years 1550-1557. Often includes the nature of a given credit or debt and its amount, as well as listing the names of the individuals that hold the debt or credit. Most transactions appear to be with employees who operate in the wool and textile industry (especially dyers and spinners) who are paid for their services. Transactions with Florentine merchants including Pandolfo di Carlo de' Medici (f. 16r) and Giovanbattista Detti (f. 28v) and dyers, including Giovanbattista and Lionardo Salviati (f. 31v) also appear in the ledger.

Notes

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

Watermark

Similar to Briquet, Echelle 5922 (Siena, 1495-1524), but with shorter, parallel sides.

Extent

85 leaves : 423 x 288 mm. bound to 426 x 300 mm

Foliation

Paper, 85; [i], 1-18, 29-63, 112-143; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, no. 249 on spine; the heading Tintori e lavoratori, no. 63, letter A with decorative penwork and signet D on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with remnants of leather ties; decorative leatherwork on spine.

Layout

Written in 3 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the smaller column on the left with the transaction number, the large central column with a brief description of the transaction, and the smaller one on the right with its amount. In certain cases the large central column contains itemized accounts of a transaction within one entry.

Script

Written in a cursive script by multiple hands.

Provenance

• Purchased, 1966.
   

Subjects topical

• Accounting--Italy--16th century
• Textile industry--Italy--Early works to 1800
• Dyes and dyeing--Italy--Early works to 1800

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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