[Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Language:

Italian

Subjects (All):

Medici, House of--Archives.

De' Medici, Luigi, principe di Ottaviano, 1759-1830.

Medici, House of.

Accounting--Italy--16th century.

Accounting.

Italy.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

accounts

credit records

ledgers (account books)

Manuscripts, Italian.

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Archives.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.

Physical Description:

130 leaves : paper ; 220 x 154 mm bound to 223 x 156 mm + 3 notes

Place of Publication:

[Italy], 1533-1538.

Language Note:

Italian.

Summary:

Ledger of debtors and creditors of Luigi de' Medici for the years 1533-1538. Often includes the nature of a given credit or debt and its amount, as well as listing the names of the individuals that hold the debt or credit. Most of the debtors appear to be employees or tenants of Luigi de' Medici and, in certain cases, debts were paid in kind (especially with cheese, pigeons, eggs, wine or oil). Debts of Luigi de' Medici with his workers were, however, settled in cash.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Foliation: Paper, i (paper) + 130 + i (paper); most folios have the same number on both recto and verso; rectos numbered 1-10, xi-xii, 13, [14-49, i], 50-65, 69-76, [77], 78-82, [83], 84, [85], 86-90, [91], 92-94, [95-132], contemporary numeration in ink, modern numeration in pencil, upper right recto; versos numbered 1-10, xi-xii, 13, [14-50], 51-64, 68-94, [95-132], contemporary numeration in ink, modern numeration in pencil, upper left verso; (folios 14-50 and 95-132 are blank).

Layout: Written in 3 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the smaller column on the left with the number of the transaction, the large central column with a brief description of it, including the name of the counterparts, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the debt or credit. In certain cases the large central column contains itemized accounts of a transaction within one entry.

Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.

Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Fleche 6305 (Florence, 1524-25).

Decoration: Pointing hand (f.87r).

Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 22 on spine; the heading Entrata e uscita, letter A with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover with remnants of leather ties wraps around upper cover; decorative leatherwork on spine.

Origin: Written in Italy between 1533 (f. 2r) and 1538 (f. 92v).

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. 201 (Ms. Lea 270).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1324

OCLC:

299152606