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Title

Racccolti del entrata delle gabelle delle bestie di Firenze

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1550
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9945333873503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/429208184
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4533387

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1575

Place

Florence

Summary

Ledger of accounts of an unidentified member of the Gondi family, perhaps Giovanbattista Gondi, for the year 1575. The ledger contains detailed accounts of the collection of the gabelle delle bestie, a tax on a percentage of the revenues derived from the sale of sheep and cattle. Considering the large number of entries, likely excessive for a single family, it is not clear whether the data contained in the ledger only refers to the amounts disbursed by the Gondi, or whether they were involved in the collection of tax revenue on behalf of the grand-duke, which was a relatively common practice. However, a small number of accounts (f. 3v-4r), referring to the somme del entrata delle tasse or to the somme del entrata delle misure (total amount of proceedings derived from taxation) indicates that, at least in certain occasions, the Gondi were likely involved in tax collection. Other entries throughout the ledger refer to various mills located around Florence, with no information provided concerning their ownership, and entries for the penalties paid for belated payments of the gabelle are also present.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from caption title (f. 1r).
   
• Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
   

Watermark

Similar to Briquet, Cloche 4096 (Pisa, 1560-1561).

Extent

50 leaves : 294 x 203 mm

Foliation

Paper, 50; [i], 1-10, [11-49]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto (f. 11-19 and f. 23-47 are blank).

Support

Paper

Layout

Written in 4 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the first and third columns, smaller than the other 2, with a transaction number, and the second and fourth columns with the amount of the transaction.

Script

Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.

Provenance

• Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1963.
   

Subjects topical

• Taxation--Italy--Florence
• Accounting--Italy--16th century
• Tax collection--Italy--Florence

Genres

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

Keywords

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

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