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Title

Gondi inventories

Authors

• Alamanni, Francesco,
• Muzzi, Lorenzo
• Sestini, Francesco
• Renard, Giovanni

Call number

Ms. Codex 1514
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4490052

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1750

Place

Florence

Summary

Inventories of the assets of the estate of the late Giovanbattista Gondi and other miscellaneous documents concerning his inheritance, compiled after his death in 1750, after his last will was made public. The compiler of the inventories, the captain Francesco Alamanni, is also the co-executor of the testament with Francesco Angiolini, and the sole beneficiary is Maria Ottavia Gondi, daughter of Giovanbattista. Official stamps, perhaps bearing the coat of arms of the Gondi family, are also present on many of the documents (for example, f.1r). The manuscript contains inventories for 5 of the properties of Giovanbattista: his city residence in Florence, and the villas, farms and country residences of Argiano, located in San Casciano; of Castello, in Fiesole; of San Miniato a Signa; and of San Cristi, in Mugello. For every property, a very detailed inventory is compiled, containing a clear description of the item and its value, either estimated or real. A very large number of personal property items are present in each inventory, ranging from furniture, house linens, accessories, silverware and jewelry. Following the aforementioned documents are declarations made by Francesco Alamanni and Francesco Angiolini stating that professional appraisals are to be obtained for the art collection of Giovanbattista. Short notes containing such appraisals and relative estimates, some written and signed by the expert witnesses (the names that appear in the manuscript are those of Lorenzo Muzzi, Francesco Sestini and Giovanni Renard) responsible for different kinds of art pieces (antiques, paintings, etc.), are pasted with wax in various parts of this section of the manuscript, followed by another formal inventory of said pieces compiled by Alamanni. The last document is a detailed inventory of the dowry of Maria Ottavia Gondi. 4 notes containing either further clarifications on the inventories or hand-written estimate forms to be completed by appraisers, are laid in the manuscript. The manuscript consists of documents written on a wide range of paper, of various sizes and weight, later sewn together.

Notes

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

Extent

157 leaves : bound to 335 x 239 mm. +

Foliation

Paper, 157; [iv], [1-42 (contemporary pagination 1-84), 43-44, 45-53 (contemporary pagination 1-17), 54, 55-68 (contemporary pagination 1-28), 69-70, 71-81 (contemporary pagination 1-22), 82, 83-98 (contemporary pagination 1-32), 99-153], contemporary pagination in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper outer corners.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum; no. 2 and 1750 on upper cover.

Script

Written in a cursive script, by multiple hands, including that of Francesco Alamanni.

Provenance

• Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1963.
   

Subjects topical

• Clothing and dress--Italy--Florence--18th century
• House furnishings--Italy

Genres

• Codices
• Inventories
• Notarial documents
• Manuscripts, Italian--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — [Inventory of city residence in Florence]
• fol. 45r — Inventario della villa d'Argiano a San Casciano
• fol. 55r — Inventario delle masserizie, mobili, biancherie et altro esistenti nella villa dell'illustrissimo signor cavalier Giovanbattista Gaetano Gondi a Castello
• fol. 71r — Inventario de mobili, e masserizie della villa di San Miniato a Signa
• fol. 83r — Inventario delle masserizie, mobili, biancherie e della villa di Palagio a San Cristi in Mugello
• fol. 101r — [Additional inventory documents]
• fol. 139r — [Inventory of the dowry of Maria Ottavia Gondi]