[Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors and memoranda]

Timespan:

16th century

Date:

1538

Description:

Ledger of accounts of Luigi de' Medici, son of Bivigliano de' Medici, who takes over his father's estate after his death in 1538. Often includes the nature of a given credit or debt and its amount, as well as listing the names of the individuals or institutions that hold the debt or credit, the most important being Niccolò and Alessandro Antinori; Carlo di Bivigliano and Carlo di Bernardo de' Medici; Piero, Luisa and Luigi Capponi; and Orlandino Landini. There is also a small number of records of debts and credits with various counterparts, such as workers or merchants (including a spice merchant), that Bivigliano did not settle before his death. Memoranda include short descriptions of the circumstances that lead to a credit or a debt. The front flyleaf is made from a vellum fragment of a Latin manuscript, written in two columns, in a Gothic script with red and blue initials. An alphabetical index, with 18 lettered tabs, containing names of individuals that appear in the ledger, is sewn inside the upper cover of the manuscript.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1963.

Subject:

Medici, House of Archives; De' Medici, Luigi, principe di Ottaviano, 1759-1830; Medici, Bivigliano de'; Medici, House of; Accounting -- Italy -- 16th century; Accounting

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); accounts; credit records; ledgers (account books); Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

144 leaves : paper; 226 x 165 mm bound to 231 x 153 mm

Geographic Subject:

Italy

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Paper, 144; [i], 1, 1, 2-25, [26], 27-51, [52-102], 104-106, [107-143]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, 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 credit or debt. 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, Ancre 489 (Florence, 1519).; Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 25 on spine; the heading Debitori e creditori e ricordi, seguitarassi per la redità iacente del detto Luigi Medici, and letter B on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with remnants of leather ties; decorative leatherwork on spine.; Origin: Written in Florence between 1538 (f. 2r) and 1539 (f. 20v).; Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1507