University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1451

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DS ID:

DS1361

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 1451

Title:

Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors and memoranda

Ledger

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1566-1568.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 176 leaves : paper ; 334 x 230 mm bound to 351 x 232 mm +

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Pagination: Paper, 176; versos numbered 1-113, [114-124], 125-130, [131-144], 145-166, [167-176], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper left verso; rectos numbered [i], i-cxiii, [cxiiii-cxxiii], cxxv-cxxx, [cxxxi-cxxxxiiii], cxxxxv-cvxvi, [clxvii-clxxv], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper right recto (pages 114-124, 131-144 and...
Layout: Debtors and creditors 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 and debt, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the debt or credit. Usually credits are listed on the left page and debts are listed on the right page of an opening, with the same individuals...
Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Arbalete 762 (Lucca, 1598), but without the fleur-de-lis.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 14 on spine; the heading Debitori, creditori, ricordi e altro, no. 137 and letter A with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather strap; decorative leatherwork on spine. Fragment from an incunable containing a passage of Quintilian's Institutio oratoria inside upper cover.
Origin: Written in Italy between 1566 (p. 1) and 1568 (p. 106).
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.

Keyword:

Archives

Manuscripts, Renaissance

codices (bound manuscripts)

accounts

ledgers (account books)

credit records

Manuscripts, Italian

Falente, Rinaldo di

Farm management

Italy

Medici, Fabrizio de'

Medici, Nicolo de'

Farm life

History

Sixteenth century

Medici, House of

Medici, Luisa de'

Accounting

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9944677123503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p39p2w729/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania