House of Medici papers, 1219-1796.

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

French

Italian

Latin

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Medici, House of--Archives.

Medici, House of.

Arte della lana (Guild : Florence, Italy).

Monte di pietà (Florence, Italy).

Merchants--Italy.

Merchants.

Accounting--Italy--16th century.

Accounting.

Accounting--Italy--17th century.

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

Textile industry.

Inheritance and succession--Italy.

Inheritance and succession.

Farm life.

History.

Farm management.

Mints.

Banks and banking.

Italy.

Banks and banking--Italy--Florence.

Mints--Italy.

Farm management--Italy.

Farm life--Italy--History.

Italy--Rural conditions.

Rural conditions.

Florence (Italy)--Politics and government--1421-1737.

Florence (Italy).

Italy--Florence.

Genre:

Accounts.

Credit records.

Legal documents.

Notarial documents.

Inventories.

Petitions.

Receipts (financial records)

Manuscripts, Italian.

Manuscripts, Latin.

Manuscripts, Spanish.

Manuscripts, French.

Archives.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1963, except for ex-Lea 211, a 1609 report by Vincenzo de' Medici, sold by Il Polifilo (Milan), 1962.

Physical Description:

42 boxes (526 folders)

Arrangement:

Arranged in 4 series: I. Individuals (10 boxes); II. Subjects (2 boxes); III. Filze (29 boxes); IV. Oversize (1 box).

Place of Publication:

1219-1796.

Language Note:

Italian, Latin, French, and Spanish.

Summary:

Collection concerning the Medici family, their numerous enterprises (including banking, manufacturing, and commerce), as well as their political, diplomatic, and governmental positions in Florence, covering the years 1219-1796 (with the bulk of the material from the 16th and 17th century). The documents that compose the collection are divided into four broad sections, one dedicated to papers of individual family members; the second to documents grouped by topic; the third to filze, miscellanies primarily of business and legal documents; and the fourth to oversize items from the other three series. The first one, arranged alphabetically by name, then chronologically for each person, features documents pertaining to about 50 different Medici family members, including the grand-dukes of Tuscany and some of the most prominent Florentine bankers, such as Vincenzo de' Medici. The second one, arranged alphabetically by subject, and chronologically within each subject, is comprised, for the most part, of numerous kinds financial documents (including accounts, receipts, orders, payments, etc.) related to manufacturing, mint operations, and miscellaneous commercial activities; documents pertaining to the operations of the Medici-Capponi bank; and documents related to different aspects of rural life and farm management (such as the purchase of cattle and grains, and the administration of the farms of Trespiano and Bravieri). The third series consists of thirteen disbound miscellanies called filze arranged alphabetically by the letter that appears on the original binding or title page of the filza. Within each filza, the gatherings are arranged in the order in which they were bound. The fourth series comprises larger items pertaining to various members of the Medici family (such as Carlo, Fabrizio, and Vincenzo de' Medici) as well as documents that were previously folded and bound with the filze.

Notes:

Written on various sizes of paper, some with seals and remainders of seals.

Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.

Finding Aid/Index:

The documents associated with each member of the Medici family have been cataloged at the individual level. Each filza also has an individual record. For a complete list of these records, search for the title House of Medici Papers.

Cited in:

Includes documents 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. 190, 192, 199 (Ms. Lea 211, Ms. Lea 221, Ms. Lea 259).

Includes materials from collections described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800: Supplement A (3), Library Chronicle 36 (1970), no. 2, p. 80-95, 97-99, 101 (Ms. Lea 456, Ms. Lea 457, Ms. Lea 458, Ms. Lea 459, Ms. Lea 460, Ms. Lea 461, Ms. Lea 462, Ms. Lea 463, Ms. Lea 464, Ms. Lea 465, Ms. Lea 466, Ms. Lea 467, Ms. Lea 468, Ms. Lea 469, Ms. Lea 470, Ms. Lea 471, Ms. Lea 472, Ms. Lea 473, Ms. Lea 474, Ms. Lea 475, Ms. Lea 476, Ms. Lea 478, Ms. Lea 480, Ms. Lea 481, Ms. Lea 486, Ms. Lea 489, Ms. Lea 494, Ms. Lea 497, Ms. Lea 498, Ms. Lea 499, and Ms. Lea 502).

Includes materials from collections described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800: Supplement A (4), Library Chronicle 37 (1971), no. 2, p. 3-5, 7-13, 20-23 (Ms. Lea 510, Ms. Lea 512, Ms. Lea 517, Ms. Lea 519, Ms. Lea 524, Ms. Lea 527, Ms. Lea 528, Ms. Lea 549, Ms. Lea 550, Ms. Lea 551, Ms. Lea 552, and Ms. Lea 553).

OCLC:

720056202