[Gondi miscellany]

Name:

Gondi, Giovanbattista; Gondi, Ferdinando; Gondi, Alessandro; Gondi, Federigo; Corsi, Lorenzo; Larioni, Niccolò; Roncalli, Guglielmo; Conti, Ferdinando

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1636/1718

Description:

Approximately 100 (largely original, but with some copies) miscellaneous legal documents, accounts, petitions, and letters, covering the years 1636-1718. The documents concern, for the most part, the business of numerous members of two branches of the Gondi family, in Italy and in France. Most of the correspondence is between Giovanbattista Gondi and his French cousins, as well as his Italian business partners, dealing with trades, sales, and exchanges of different currencies for a profit, probably through bills of exchange. In certain cases, especially for letters between Giovanbattista and his Italian associates, the tone is more personal and colloquial, expressing concern or apprehension for transactions, or skepticism towards members of the French branch of the Gondi family. A small number of documents concern private matters of the Gondi, including the dowry of Caterina Gondi. The last part of the miscellany (f. 540-591) contains documents addressed or drafted by Giovanbattista Gondi while he was a balì (a prestigious office within the order of Santo Stefano). Marginalia and other miscellaneous notations appear throughout the volume. Many documents contain notarial signatures and seals. Contemporary foliation, starting with f. 370, suggests that this was part of a larger manuscript.

Language:

Italian; Latin; French

Provenance:

Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1963.

Subject:

Gondi family; Ferdinando II, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1610-1670; Sacro militare ordine di Santo Stefano papa e martire; Civil law -- Italy; Civil law; Dowry; Banks and banking; Banks and banking -- Italy -- Florence -- Early works to 1800; Dowry -- Italy

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); notarial documents; financial records; legal documents; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

228 leaves : paper; 293 x 203 mm

Geographic Subject:

Italy; Italy -- Florence

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Paper, 228; 370-483, 485-490, [i], 491-510, [i], 511, [i], 512, [i], 513-530, [i], 531-536, [i], 537-593, contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in a cursive script by multiple hands.; Binding: Gatherings roughly sewn together, no cover.; Origin: Written in Italy, probably between 1636 (f. 470r) and 1718 (f. 523r).; Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.; Italian, with a few documents in Latin and French.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1544