[Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors]

Timespan:

17th century; Early works to 1800

Date:

1611

Description:

Ledger of credits and debts of the Medici family with Florentine and Pisan banks for the years 1611-1616. It consists of a detailed list of debts and credits of various members of the Medici family with a wide number of counterparts, both in Florence and Pisa. The Medici bank, which was run by members of the family, was one of the most powerful banks in Italy, and it was not uncommon for them to lend and borrow large amounts of money from other banks. These banks were also run by prominent families and the counterparts in the transactions that appear in the ledger are often members of other aristocratic families from Florence, the most important being the Capponi Medici (who had influence over the Pisan territory), the Gondi, the Acciaiuoli, Francesco Bernardo Riccardi and Carlo Paganelli. Another institutional counterpart that appears very frequently is the Monte di pietà of Florence. Very large single transactions, many in groups sharing the same settlement date, appear throughout the ledger.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1963.

Subject:

Medici, House of Archives; Medici, House of; Monte di pietà (Florence, Italy); Banks and banking -- Italy -- Florence -- Early works to 1800; Accounting -- Italy -- 17th century; Accounting; Banks and banking

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); accounts; credit records; ledgers (account books); Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, European; Archives; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

50 leaves : paper; 297 x 209 mm bound to 310 x 216 mm

Geographic Subject:

Italy; Italy -- Florence

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Pagination: Paper, i (paper) + 50; rectos numbered [i], 1-31, [32-49], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper right recto; versos numbered 1-31, [32-50], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper left verso (p.32-50 are blank but ruled).; Layout: Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large column on the left with the name of the counterpart in the transaction, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the transaction.; Script: Written in a cursive script by multiple hands.; Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Ancre 491 (Florence, 1522), but with much larger arms and flukes.; Binding: Contemporary vellum; the heading Riscontro con li banchi, no. 244 and letter E with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover with remnants of leather ties wraps around upper cover.; Origin: Written in Italy between 1611 (f. 1r) and 1616 (f. 31v).; Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1526