[Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors and memoranda].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Medici, Francesca de'.

Language:

Italian

Subjects (All):

Medici, House of--Archives.

Medici, House of.

Accounting--Italy--16th century.

Textile industry--Italy--Early works to 1800.

Textile industry.

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:

112 leaves : paper ; 164 x 111 mm bound to 170 x 113 mm

Place of Publication:

[Italy], 1534-1562.

Language Note:

Italian.

Summary:

Ledger of debtors and creditors and memoranda of Francesca di Bivigliano de' Medici for the years 1534-1562, at least partially written by Francesca de' Medici and in the first person. 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. Among the names that appear there are Camilla and Bartolomea de' Medici, daughters of Francesca; Tommaso di Lorenzo Ridolfi, fiancé of Camilla; and Bivigliano de' Medici. The counterparts are usually members of the Medici family, but there are also transactions with servants or employees of Francesca or her daughters. Some transactions are settled in cash, others in kind (using animals, produce or textiles), regardless of whether the counterpart is a family member or an employee. Memoranda offer a more detailed description of single transactions, such as the events which led to a credit or a debt.

Contents:

1. p.1-87: [Debtors and creditors]

2. p.88-102: [Memoranda]

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Pagination: Paper, 112 leaves; versos numbered 2-41, [42-45], 46-65, [66-112, i], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper left verso; rectos numbered 1-96, [97-112] upper right recto (leaves 103-112 blank).

Script: Written in a cursive script by multiple hands, including that of Francesca di Bivigliano de' Medici.

Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 26 on spine; the heading Debitori e creditori on upper cover; lower cover with remnants of leather ties wraps around upper cover with leather strap; decorative leatherwork on spine.

Origin: Written in Italy between 1534 (p.2) and 1562 (p.162)

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. 206 (Ms. Lea 300).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1365

OCLC:

301936982