[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.

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.

Physical Description:

96 leaves : paper ; 198 x 137 mm bound to 214 x 143 mm

Place of Publication:

[Italy], 1528-1537.

Language Note:

Italian.

Summary:

Ledger of debtors and creditors of Andrea di Lorenzo Amadori for the years 1528-1537. 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 Lorenzo and Jacopo Magniano, Lorenzo di Enzo da Gonnella, Giovanni Ridolfo and Filippo Pandolfini. 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 names of Filippo Amadori and of Andrea's son, Francesco, also appear throughout the ledger. Together with Andrea Amadori, they act as counterparts for transactions with various employees.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Foliation: Paper, 96; [i], 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: Similar to Briquet, Fleur 6650 (Florence, 1442-1447).

Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 174 on spine; the heading Debitori e creditori and letter D on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with remnants of leather ties.

Origin: Written in Italy between 1528 (f. 1v) and 1537 (f. 60r).

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 307).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1373

OCLC:

302363362