[Ledger of Davanzati accounts].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Language:

Italian

Subjects (All):

Davanzati, Francesco.

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:

160 leaves : paper ; 328 x 228 mm bound to 340 x 230 mm + 1 note

Place of Publication:

[Italy], 1555-1560.

Language Note:

Italian.

Summary:

Ledger of accounts of Francesco Davanzati for the years 1555-1560. Often includes the nature of a given transaction and the counterparts involved. Most of the expenses that appear in the ledger are related to household management (purchase of food, drink, furniture and linen) or to the payment of the wages of employees of Francesco Davanzati (including carpenters, builders and farmers). Revenues are mostly related to the sale of wheat, grains and wood produced in the Davanzati estate. Small debts and credits with private individuals who are not members of any famous family appear throughout the ledger.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

For another manuscript probably belonging to Francesco Davanzati, see Ms. Codex 1429, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania.

Foliation: Paper, 160; 1-121, 121-159; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto (f. 87-120 blank).

Layout: Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large column on the left with the name of the counterpart and a brief description of the transaction and the small one on the right with the amount of the transaction. Sometimes long lines are also used.

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

Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Fleche 6299 (Florence, 1518-1528).

Binding: Contemporary vellum; the heading Entrata e uscita, no. 223 and letter A with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with remnants of leather ties; decorative leatherwork on spine.

Origin: Written in Italy between 1555 (f. 1v) and 1560 (f. 86r).

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. 213 (Ms. Lea 347).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1428

OCLC:

311117856