[Medici contracts]

Name:

Jordanis, Franciscus de; Jordanis, Joannes Baptiste de; Vicchi, Sebastian de Franceschis

Timespan:

16th century

Date:

1552

Description:

A collection of contracts involving Carlo Bernardo Alamanni de' Medici, most concerning property and goods, but many also concerning debts, sales, purchasing of titles, and inheritances. Some regard ecclesiastical properties. The title page (f. i recto) contains a later list of revised deeds, organized by year and page number, dated 1656. Divided into sections based on date, from 1552 to 1569. Most of the interactions and goods described are located near or in Florence. Many concern Giovanni Baptista Detti, Camillo de' Medici, Francisco from the ship Decumano, and a Bartolomeo. Many of the properties have been entrusted to Carlo de' Medici, who then rented them out. Details included about the various properties regard crops, houses, the kinds of trees on a property, barrels for wine, and so on. Last quire is detached from the rest of the codex. Contains marginal notes, mostly in Italian summarizing the Latin text, throughout, as well as a few notarial signets. Notaries include Franciscus de Jordanis (f. 14r), Joannes Baptiste de Jordanis (f. 14r), and Sebastian de Franceschis Vicchi (f. 15r).

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.

Relation:

Collation model: http://repository.upenn.edu/sims_models/58

Subject:

Medici, Carlo Bernardo Alamanni de'; Detti, Giovanni Baptista; Medici, Camillo de'; Medici, House of Archives; Medici, House of; Real property -- Italy -- 16th century; Inheritance and succession -- Italy; Inheritance and succession; Real property; Church property; Economic conditions

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Notarial documents; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance; Archives

Physical Description:

50 leaves : paper; 280 x 210 (240 x 165) mm bound to 290 x 235 mm

Geographic Subject:

Italy; Italy -- Economic conditions; Florence (Italy)

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Collation: Paper, 50; 1-3¹⁶ 4²; [i], 1-48, [49]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Link to collation model at end of record.; Layout: Written in 20-27 long lines.; Script: Written in various italic cursive hands.; Decoration: Face within initial C in ink (f. i recto); ink drawing of a kind of pillar topped with a crescent moon (f. 8v).; Watermark: Similar to Briquet Etoile 6098 (Siena, 1550-1555), f. 32-45; five-pointed crown with a floral shape beneath (f. 48).; Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 126 on spine; the heading Libro di contracti, no. 9 on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover; decorative leatherwork on spine.; Origin: Written in Italy (Zacour-Hirsch), from 1552 (f. 1r) to 1569 (f. 49r).; Latin, with some Italian passages.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1446