[Ledger of Medici accounts].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Galiotti, Nicolo.

Language:

Italian

Subjects (All):

Medici, House of--Archives.

Medici, House of.

Medici, Vincenzo de'.

Accounting--Italy--16th century.

Accounting.

Farm life--Italy--History.

Farm life.

Farm management--Italy.

Farm management.

History.

Italy--Rural conditions.

Italy.

Rural conditions.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

accounts

credit records

ledgers (account books)

Manuscripts, Italian.

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Archives.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.

Physical Description:

67 leaves : paper ; 285 x 216 mm bound to 287 x 224 mm + 4 notes

Place of Publication:

[Italy], 1583-1584.

Language Note:

Italian.

Summary:

Ledger of accounts for the Valdinievole farm, property of Vincenzo de' Medici for the years 1583-1584, probably written by Nicolo Galiotti. It includes accounts of the everyday transactions that result from the management of the farm: including the purchase of feed for the animals; revenues derived from harvests (wheat, Lupini beans and linseeds); and expenses related to the payment of the wages of the employees of the farm (often paid both in kind and in cash). In certain cases, for accounts related to a sale, the names of the employee who made the sale and that of the customer are present.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Foliation: Paper, 67; 1-67; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.

Layout: Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large central column with the 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 3 columns or long lines are also used.

Script: Written in a cursive script, by multiple hands, including that of Nicolo Galiotti.

Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Tete humaine 15614 (Lucca, 1445), but with curlier hair and a pointier nose.

Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 97 on spine.

Origin: Written in Italy between 1583 (f. 1v) and 1584 (f. 47v).

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. 214 (Ms. Lea 352).

Cited as:

UPenn Oversize Ms. Codex 1433

OCLC:

311557989