[Ledger of Amadori debtors and creditors].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Language:

Italian

Subjects (All):

Amadori family.

Amadori, Andrea.

Accounting--Italy--16th century.

Accounting.

Italy.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

accounts

credit records

ledgers (account books)

Manuscripts, Italian -- 16th century.

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.

Physical Description:

97 leaves : paper ; 209 x 139 mm bound to 214 x 141 mm + 1 folder (1 bifolium)

Place of Publication:

[Italy], 1537-1544.

Language Note:

Italian.

Summary:

Ledger of debtors and creditors of Andrea di Lorenzo Amadori for the years 1537-1544. 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 throughout the ledger are Donato di Francesco, Filippo di Lazzaro, Andrea di Domenico Fonci and Marco Giannacci. The transactions concern small debts or credits between Andrea Amadori and various counterparts, but payments to professionals (including dyers, bakers and carpenters) for their services are not uncommon. There are also many transactions between Andrea Amadori and his employees: in these cases the former often pays in cash, whereas the latter tend to pay in kind. The cover of the manuscript is made from an earlier document on parchment written in Latin. A letter from Andrea to Piero Amadori, concerning the payment of a bill of exchange (referred in the letter as lettera di cambio), formerly laid in the manuscript, is now in a separate folder shelved with the manuscript.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Foliation: Paper, 97; [ii], 1-95; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.

Layout: 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 or debt, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the credit or debt. Usually credits are listed on the left page and debts on the right page of an opening, with the same individuals or institutions appearing as debtors or creditors on facing pages.

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

Watermark: Unidentified watermark containing large grapes.

Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 197 on spine; the heading Deb[ito]ri e creditori, no. 1 and letter E on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with remnants of leather ties.

Origin: Written in Italy between 1537 (f. 1v) and 1544 (f. 93r).

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. 208 (Ms. Lea 308).

Cited as:

Ledger of Amadori Debtors and Creditors (Ms. Codex 1374). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

Contains:

Amadori, Piero, addressee.

OCLC:

302361720