[Ledger of Pesciori debtors and creditors].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Language:

Italian

Subjects (All):

Pesciori, Guglielmo.

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:

94 leaves : paper ; 284 x 210 mm bound to 291 x 212 mm + 1 note

Place of Publication:

[Italy], 1523-1557.

Language Note:

Italian.

Summary:

Ledger of debtors and creditors of Guglielmo Pesciori for the years 1523-1557. Often includes the nature of a given credit or debt and its amount, as well as listing the names of the individuals or institutions that hold the debt or credit, the most important being the church of Santa Croce, a Florentine hospital; Antonio di Francesco Ridolfi; Marco dal Nero; Cosimo de Rossi; Giovanni di Gherardo Machiavelli; and Piero di Giovanni Capponi. Most transactions are paid in cash but, in certain cases, textile products are also exchanged.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Foliation: Paper, 94; [1-94]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; irregular contemporary foliation and pagination, upper corners.

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. Long lines are also used.

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

Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Balance 2515 (Pisa, 1515).

Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 264 on spine; the heading Debitori e creditori; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather ties. Decorative leatherwork on spine.

Origin: Written in Italy between 1523 (f. 1v) and 1557 (f. 67v).

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. 212 (Ms. Lea 343).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1423

OCLC:

310751575