[Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors and accounts]

Name:

Medici, Alamanno de'

Timespan:

15th century

Date:

1475

Description:

Ledger of debtors and creditors and miscellaneous accounts of Alemanno di Bernardo de' Medici for the years 1475-1483, written in the first person, at least partially by Alamanno di Bernardo himself. 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. Most counterparts are workers, tenants and employees (e.g. millers and bakers) of Alemanno, and in many transactions the name of Bernardo, son of Alemanno, appears, and the two worked together at times. A woman called Lina and referred to as 'mia moglie', also appears in the manuscript. Some transactions concerning the management of a farm, property of Alemanno, are also present.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1963.

Subject:

Medici, House of Archives; Medici, Bernardo de'; Medici, House of; Accounting -- Italy -- 15th century; Farm life -- Italy -- History; Farm management -- Italy; Farm management; Farm life; History; Accounting; Rural conditions

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

147 leaves : paper; 230 x 168 mm bound to 243 x 171 mm + 7 notes

Geographic Subject:

Italy -- Rural conditions; Italy

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Paper, 147; [1], 2, 4-22, [i], 23, [i], 24-25, [i], 26-37, [i], 38-97, 100-103, 113-115, 121-124, 149-162, 165-166, [167], 168-178, 181-187, [188], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; 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. Long lines are also used.; Script: Written in a cursive script, by multiple hands, including that of Alamanno di Bernardo de' Medici.; Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Echelle 5922 (Siena, 1495-1524), but with shorter, parallel sides.; Binding: Modern cloth.; Origin: Written in Florence, between 1475 (f.3r) and 1483 (f.100v).; Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1508