[Ledger of Gondi debtors and creditors and accounts]

Timespan:

Early works to 1800; 17th century

Date:

1652

Description:

Ledger of debtors and creditors and miscellaneous accounts of Filippo Gondi for the years 1652-1669. Often includes the nature of a given debt or credit or other transaction, as well as listing the name of the individual who holds the debt or credit or who acts as counterpart in the transaction. Some of the names that appear throughout the ledger are those of Francesco and Filippo Mancelli, Francesca Cellini, and Arcangelo Masini. Many transactions concern the sale or purchase of textile products, as well as the payment of the salaries of those who worked with or for Filippo Gondi in the manufacturing of textile products. Some debts and credits are related to the sale of cheese (probably sheep's cheese, simply referred to as cacio), produced on an unidentified farm owned by Filippo Gondi, or to the payment for the purchase of spices from spice merchants, referred to as speziali. Other small transactions and accounts related to various aspects of farm management are also present (including the sale, purchase, or exchange of lambs, cattle and farm tools).

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1963.

Subject:

Gondi family; Gondi, Filippo; Accounting -- Italy -- 17th century; Textile industry -- Italy -- Early works to 1800; Farm life -- Italy -- History; Farm management; Farm life; History; Textile industry; Accounting; Rural conditions; Farm management -- Italy

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Accounts; Credit records; Ledgers (account books); Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

30 leaves : paper; 216 x 154 mm

Geographic Subject:

Italy -- Rural conditions; Italy

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Paper, 30; [i], 1-25, [26-29], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper left verso, upper right recto.; 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 debt and credit. Long lines are also used.; Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.; Watermark: Unidentified watermark containing a circle, a thin cross, and the initials L M(?).; Origin: Written in Italy between 1652 (f. 4r) and 1669 (f. 16v).; Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1555