[Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors].

Abstract:

Ledger of debtors and creditors of the brothers Niccolo and Fabrizio de' Medici, sons of Luigi di Bivigliano de' Medici, for the years 1568-1575. Often includes the nature of a given credit or debt and its amount, as well as listing the names of the individuals that hold the credit or debt. In certain cases debts and credits are in kind (examples of the produce used for these payments are chestnuts, grains, cattle feed, cattle, swine).

Timespan:

Italy.

Date:

1568

Identifier:

9944329743503681; (OCoLC)ocn297170314; (OCoLC)297170314; (PU)4432974-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.

Publisher:

[Italy], 1568-1575.

Subject:

Accounting -- Italy -- 16th century.; Accounting.; Codices.; Accounts.; Archives.; Ledgers (account books); Manuscripts, Italian.; Manuscripts, Renaissance.; Credit records.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

192 leaves : paper; 234 x 229 mm bound to 343 x 231 mm + 1 note

Personal Name:

Medici, House of; Medici, Niccolo de'.; Medici, Fabrizio de'.; Medici, House of.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Pagination: Paper, 192; versos numbered 1-186, [187-192], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper left verso; rectos numbered i-clxxxvi, [clxxxvii-cxci], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper right recto. Each opening has a matched Arabic numeral on the left and a Roman numeral on the right.; Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Origin: Written in Italy, between 1568 (p. 1) and 1575 (p. 165).; 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 in Arabic numerals. 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.; Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.; Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Fleur-de-lis 7105 (Rome, 1565), but with rounder petals.; Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 16 on spine; the heading Debitori e creditori, no. 138 and letter B with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover with remnants of leather ties wraps around upper cover with leather strap; decorative leatherwork on spine.; Ms. codex.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Oversize Ms. Codex 1293