Details

Subjects:

Medici, House of -- Archives.
Medici, Carlo de'.
Medici, House of.
Accounting -- Italy -- 16th century.
Accounting.
Italy.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

Italian.

Summary:

Ledger of accounts of Carlo de' Medici for the years 1546-1570 written by Piero de Ricci. 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, as well as the date in which payments are due. Transactions are sometimes related to payments for produce or rent, as well as small debts and credits between Carlo de' Medici and his employees. The memoranda contain more information regarding individual debts and credits, such as the circumstances that lead to the debt or credit. Sometimes information about purchases of farm or household equipment is also recorded, as well as the prices of the products, why they were purchased and who was the counterpart in the transaction.

Contents:

1. f.1r-37r: [Debts, credits and accounts]
2. f.76r-105r: [Memoranda]

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, 114; [1], 2-10, [11-33], 34, [35-116], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto (f. 38-76 and 106-116 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 and a brief description of the transaction, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the transaction. Memoranda written in long lines.
Script: Written in cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Monts 11693 (Pisa, 1422-1424); Monts, 11898 (Florence, 1428); and unidentified watermark containing a crossbow.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 90 on spine; the heading Carlo de' Medici, el conto e quaderno di possessione on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Origin: Written in Italy between 1546 (f. 2r) and 1570 (f. 104r).
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. 204 (Ms. Lea 286).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1346

OCLC:

301229265