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Title

Repertorio del libbro de salani

Call number

Ms. Codex 1558
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4545117
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4545117

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1792

Place

Italy

Summary

Alphabetical index with 20 lettered tabs, containing names of individuals that appear in an unidentified ledger of accounts, probably concerning the payment of salaries. The names of the individuals that appear in the index include a large number of workers referred to either as fattori (farmers) or salani (salt workers). In certain cases, various members of the same family appear to be employed in the same kind of position. For each employee, the location where he works is also listed, and the places that appear in the index are Lucca and three small villages in its proximity, Carignano, Monsagrati, and Moriano.

Notes

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

Watermark

Unidentified watermark containing a large shield with decorated edges, and the initials AB underneath.

Extent

22 leaves : 302 x 206 mm. bound to 303 x 211 mm

Foliation

Paper, 22; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary boards (Zacour-Hirsch).

Script

Written in a cursive script.

Provenance

• Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1963.
   

Subjects topical

• Salt industry and trade--Italy

Genres

• Codices
• Indexes
• Manuscripts, Italian--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

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