[Ledger of Cassi accounts].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Medici, Andrea de'.

Language:

Italian

Subjects (All):

Cassi, Lodovico.

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

Textile industry.

Woolen and worsted manufacture--Italy--History.

Woolen and worsted manufacture.

Accounting--Italy--17th century.

Accounting.

History.

Italy.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

accounts

credit records

ledgers (account books)

Manuscripts, Italian.

Manuscripts, European.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.

Physical Description:

96 leaves : paper ; 338 x 228 mm bound to 350 x 236 mm + 1 note

Place of Publication:

[Italy], 1621-1625.

Language Note:

Italian.

Summary:

Ledger of accounts of Lodovico Cassi for the years 1621-1625. Often includes the amount of a given credit or debt as well as listing the names of the individuals that act as counterparts in the transactions. Among the names that appear throughout the ledger are Andrea de' Medici; Bartolomeo and Giovanbattista Fabbioni; Benedetto Galilei; Lorenzo and Cesare Cardini; Bartolomeo Comparini; and Ugo della Stufa. Although it is not clear whether Lodovico Cassi is a member of the guild of the lanaioli, or wool merchants, most of the transactions that appear in the ledger are related to wool manufacturing: it appears that he and his counterparts exchanged variable quantities of unfinished wool products at different stages of the manufacturing process, and, in certain cases, finished products were also sold. Andrea de' Medici appears to be one of most important counterparts in such transactions, given the very large amount of both finished and unfinished products which were exchanged between him and Lodovico Cassi (for example, see f.1-4).

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Foliation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 96 + i (contemporary paper); rectos numbered [1], 2-42, [43-96], contemporary numeration in ink, modern numeration in pencil, upper right verso; versos numbered 1-42, [43-96], contemporary numeration in ink, modern numeration in pencil, upper left recto.

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. Sometimes long lines are also used.

Script: Written in a cursive script by multiple hands.

Watermark: Unidentified watermark containing a lion, a rudimentary circle and a crown.

Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 244 on spine; the heading Compere, no. 3 and letter B with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather ties. Decorative leatherwork on spine.

Origin: Written in Italy between 1621 (f. 1v) and 1625 (f. 39v).

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. 211 (Ms. Lea 338).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1416

OCLC:

310402792