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Title

Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors and accounts

Authors

• Medici, Alamanno de'

Call number

Ms. Codex 1508
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944886103503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320254723
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4488610

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1475-1483

Place

Florence

Summary

Ledger of debtors and creditors and miscellaneous accounts of Alemanno di Bernardo de' Medici for the years 1475-1483, written in the first person, at least partially by Alamanno di Bernardo himself. 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 counterparts are workers, tenants and employees (e.g. millers and bakers) of Alemanno, and in many transactions the name of Bernardo, son of Alemanno, appears, and the two worked together at times. A woman called Lina and referred to as 'mia moglie', also appears in the manuscript. Some transactions concerning the management of a farm, property of Alemanno, are also present.

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

147 leaves : 230 x 168 mm. bound to 243 x 171 mm. +

Foliation

Paper, 147; [1], 2, 4-22, [i], 23, [i], 24-25, [i], 26-37, [i], 38-97, 100-103, 113-115, 121-124, 149-162, 165-166, [167], 168-178, 181-187, [188], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Modern cloth.

Layout

Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large column on the left with the debtor or creditor and a brief description of the credit or debt, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the credit or debt. Usually credits are listed on the left page and debts on the right page of an opening, with the same individuals or institutions appearing as debtors or creditors on facing pages. Long lines are also used.

Script

Written in a cursive script, by multiple hands, including that of Alamanno di Bernardo de' Medici.

Provenance

• Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1963.
   

Subjects topical

• Accounting--Italy--15th century
• Farm life--Italy--History
• Farm management--Italy

Genres

• Codices
• Accounts
• Credit records
• Ledgers (account books)
• Manuscripts, Italian--15th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• Accounts
• 15th century
• Italian
• Paper
• Italy
• Financial records

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