Ledger of debtors and creditors of the Medici family for the years 1539-1542. 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 the Spedale e Spedaletto di Santa Maria Novella (p. 1), a Florentine church which also offered pilgrims and those in need medical help; the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore (p. 2); the Chapitolo and Convento delle monache delle convertite (p. 13), a nunnery for young women, often prostitutes, who converted to Catholicism; and the Spedale di Santa Maria degli Innocenti (p. 24), a children's orphanage in Florence.
240 leaves : paper; 334 x 233 mm bound to 342 x 235 mm
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Medici, House of; Medici, House of.
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Pagination: Paper, i (parchment) + 240 leaves + i (parchment); versos numbered 1-95, [96-240], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper left verso; rectos numbered [i], i-ii, 3, iiii-xiii, [xiiii], xv-xli, [xlii-xliii], xliiii-lvi, [lvii], lviii-lviiii, [lx], lxi, [lxii], lxiii, [lxiiii], lxv-lxxi, [lxii], lxxiii-lxxxxv, [lxxxvi-ccxxxviiii], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper right recto (leaves after p. 95 are blank but ruled). Each opening has a matched arabic numeral on the left and a roman numeral on the right.; Origin: Written in Italy, ca. 1542 (latest date of entries, p. 95).; Title supplied by cataloger.; Ms. codex.; 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 in arabic numerals. 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.; Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Enclume, 5963 (Florence, 1514-29).; Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 136 on spine; the heading Q[uadern]o di chassa tredicesimo, no. 303, on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather strap, metal buckle on upper cover; decorative leatherwork on spine.; Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.; Italian.
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