[Account book]

Timespan:

Medieval period, 987-1515; 15th century

Date:

1492

Description:

An account book of an unidentified merchant who traded in wheat, rye, and wine. Prices of various transactions are recorded in the margins. Most of the entries are from the years 1492 and 1493. The merchant was also involved in the repair of mills in the areas of Labastide-Beauvoir, Montgiscard, Villefranche, Caraman, Haute-Garonne, and other areas southeast of Toulouse. This section contains the location name, followed by a table of personal names and prices next to them, possibly designating sums owed to the unknown merchant. The records of mill repairs appear at the end of the codex (f. 47r-53v). There are several blank pages in the middle (f. 10v-12v and f. 40v-46r) and at the end of the codex (f. 54r-59v).

Language:

Provençal, Old (to 1500); Occitan, Old (to 1500)

Provenance:

Purchased in 1968.

Subject:

Merchants -- France -- Toulouse; History; Merchants

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); account books; Manuscripts, Renaissance

Physical Description:

59 leaves : paper; 310 x 215 (265 x 160) mm bound to 275 x 220 mm

Geographic Subject:

France -- History -- Medieval period, 987-1515 -- Economic aspects; Toulouse (France : County) -- History -- 15th century -- Economic aspects; France; France -- Toulouse

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Incipit: Comptes de la ma[-]rsandis... (f. 1r).; Foliation: Paper, 59 leaves; [1-59]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; contemporary foliation in ink numbered 1-29 in upper right recto is added between f. 13 and f. 41; all references in the record are to the modern foliation.; Layout: Written in 29-33 long lines.; Script: Written in a secretary script.; Watermarks: Briquet, Tête de bœuf 14417.; Binding: Disbound, but quires still sewn together; upper cover is a near-contemporary Latin document written on vellum and is stored with the manuscript; lower cover missing.; Origin: Written near Toulouse, France between 1492 (f. 13r) and 1494 (f. 46v).; Provençal.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1209