[Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors]

Timespan:

16th century

Date:

1521

Description:

Ledger of debtors and creditors of Fernando Alamanni de' Medici for the years 1521-1534. Often includes the nature of a given credit or debt and its amount, as well as listing the names of the individuals that hold the debt or credit. Exchanges of money between Fernando and other members of the Medici family (including Enzo, Francesco and Ottaviano) were quite common. In certain cases, debts were paid in kind (especially with swine).

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.

Subject:

Medici, House of Archives; Medici, Fernando de'; Medici, House of; Accounting -- Italy -- 16th century; Accounting

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Accounts; Credit records; Ledgers (account books); Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Renaissance; Archives; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

143 leaves : paper; 286 x 109 mm bound to 293 x 116 mm + 2 notes

Geographic Subject:

Italy

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Paper, 143; [i], 1-32, 34, [35], 36, [37], 38-43, [44], 45-47, [48-64], 65-69, [70], 71-99, [100-120], 120-123, [124-128], 129-136, [137-142]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto (folios 18-68, 73-76, 78-84, 87-100 are blank but ruled).; 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, Fleur (Florence, 1496).; Binding: Modern vellum. Previous binding had no. 164 on slip attached to spine (Zacour-Hirsch).; Origin: Written in Italy between 1521 (f. 1v) and 1534 (f. 100r).; Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1323