Ledger of accounts of Alamanno de' Medici, for the years 1465-1494. Includes a detailed description of income and expenses which he incurred to manage his household. Also includes accounts of loans to members of aristocratic Florentine families, such as the Risaliti and the Salviati; and accounts of small sales of textile products for private use. The accounts are kept using a single entry bookkeeping system. Loose items previously laid in the manuscript have been removed and shelved with the manuscript.
144 leaves : paper; 338 x 118 mm bound to 342 x 125 mm + 27 notes
Geographic Subject:
Italy
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Notes:
Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Paper, 144; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 3 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the smaller column on the left with the transaction number, the large central column with a brief description of the transaction, and the smaller one on the right with its amount. In certain cases the large central column contains itemized accounts of a transaction within one entry.; Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.; Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Echelle 5907 (Florence, 1475).; Decoration: Manicule (f. 123v).; Binding: Modern vellum. Previous binding had no. 11 on spine and upper cover (Zacour-Hirsch).; Origin: Written in Italy between 1465 (f. 1v) and 1494 (f. 124v).; Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.; Italian, with one note in Latin and Italian.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1321
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