[Ledger of Medici accounts].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Mongai, Domenico.

Language:

Italian

Subjects (All):

Medici, House of--Archives.

Medici, House of.

Medici, Andrea de'.

Accounting--Italy--17th century.

Accounting.

Farm management--Italy.

Farm management.

Farm life--Italy--History.

Farm life.

History.

Italy--Rural conditions.

Italy.

Rural conditions.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

accounts

ledgers (account books)

Manuscripts, Italian.

Manuscripts, European.

Archives.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.

Physical Description:

288 leaves : paper ; 343 x 241 mm bound to 353 x 244 mm

Place of Publication:

[Italy], 1626-1629.

Language Note:

Italian.

Summary:

Ledger of accounts for the Valdinievole farm, property of Andrea de' Medici, probably written by Domenico di Giovanni Mongai, farm manager of the estate. It includes very detailed accounts on the everyday transactions that result from the management of the farm: examples of such transactions include the purchase of feed for the animals, or food for the farm manager and his wife, the sales of wine and oil to individuals and other farms, the expenses required to furnish the house or to replace broken pieces of furniture, or those necessary to shoe horses. The author, who writes in the first person, gives also information about donations that he makes to friends of the Medici family when they come and visit the farm, and of the produce that he sends to Andrea de' Medici (typically wine, oil, poultry and eggs).

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Similar accounts for previous years appear in Ms. Codex 1319, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania.

Pagination: Paper, i (paper) + 288 + i (paper); 1-166, 169, 169-289, contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.

Layout: Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large central column with a brief description of the transaction, including the name of the counterparts involved in the transaction, and the smaller one on the right with the amount received or disbursed.

Script: Written in a cursive script, in the hand of Domenico Mongai.

Watermark: Unidentified watermark containing a rudimentary fleur de lis, circled by an irregular oval and with an eagle on top.

Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 107 on spine; the heading Giornale della fattoria di Valdinievole, letter C with decorative penwork and no. 76 on upper cover; lower cover with remnants of leather ties wraps around upper cover; decorative leatherwork on spine.

Origin: Written in Italy between 1626 (p. 1) and 1629 (p. 229).

Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 200 (Ms. Lea 266).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1320

OCLC:

298988771