Details

Subjects:

Medici, House of -- Archives.
Medici, Francesco de', 1614-1634.
Medici, Lorenzo de'.
Medici, Vincenzo de'.
Medici, House of.
Accounting -- Italy -- 17th century.
Banks and banking -- Italy -- Florence -- Early works to 1800.
Banks and banking.
Accounting.
Italy -- Florence.
Italy.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Accounts.
Credit records.
Ledgers (account books)
Manuscripts, Italian.
Manuscripts, European.
Archives.

Language:

Italian.

Summary:

Ledger of credits and debts of the Medici family with Italian and French banks for the years 1609-1611. It consists of a detailed list of debts and credits that various members of the Medici family had with a wide number of counterparts, both in Italy and France: the Medici bank, which was run by members of the family, was one of the most powerful banks in Europe, 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 also had influence over the Pisan territory), the Acciauoli, the Landi and the Salviati. Also, the names of Francesco, Lorenzo, and Vincenzo de' Medici appear on numerous occasions, and they are presented as both creditors and debtors. From a slip laid in as a supplement to the credits and debts for 1610 it appears that the following branches were also involved: Venice, Rome, Naples, Palermo, Messina, Lyons, Bologna and Ancona. Very large single transactions, many in groups sharing the same settlement date, appear throughout the ledger.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, i (paper) + 50 + i (paper); [1-50], modern foliation in pencil, irregular contemporary foliation and pagination in ink, upper outer corners.
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, perhaps by multiple hands.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Agneau pascal 48 (Florence, 1498).
Binding: Contemporary vellum, unreadable number on spine; the heading Riscontro con li banchi, no. 259 and letter D with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover with remnants of leather ties wraps around upper cover.
Origin: Written in Italy between 1609 (f. 1r) and 1611 (f. 32v).
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 199 (Ms. Lea 261).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1314

OCLC:

298850258