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Title

Ledger of Cassi accounts

Call number

Ms. Codex 1513
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4489962
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4489962

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1616-1621

Place

Florence

Summary

Ledger of accounts of Lodovico Cassi for the years 1616-1621, with passages written in the first person, perhaps by Lodovico himself. 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. Often includes the name of the customer, the kind of product purchased and the amount received. 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. The name of Andrea de' Medici appears throughout the ledger and is referred to as 'mio maggiore', indicating a strong partnership between him and Cassi. Members of other counterparts include members of some of the most important Florentine families, such as the Capponi, the Bardi, the Gherardi, the Albizzi, and the Lapini. In certain cases, while recording a transaction, detailed descriptions of the textile products sold are also present.

Notes

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

Watermark

Unidentified watermark containing a circle, an oblong human head with a thick neck and pointy nose and a crown.

Extent

80 leaves : 347 x 235 mm. bound to 362 x 240 mm

Foliation

Paper, 80; each folio has the same number on both recto and verso; rectos numbered [1], 2-70, [71-80], contemporary numeration in ink, modern numeration in pencil upper right recto; versos numbered 1-69, [70-80], contemporary numeration in ink, modern numeration in pencil, upper left verso (leaves 70-80 are blank but ruled).

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum; heading Compere, no. 107 and letter A with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with remnants of leather ties.

Layout

Written in 3 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the smaller column on the left with the number of the transaction, the large central column with a brief description of it, including the name of the counterparts, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the debt or credit. 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, probably including that of Lodovico Cassi.

Provenance

• Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1963.
   

Subjects topical

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

Genres

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

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