Details

Subjects:

Amadori family.
Amadori, Andrea.
Accounting -- Italy -- 16th century.
Accounting.
Italy.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

Italian.

Summary:

Ledger of debtors and creditors of Andrea di Lorenzo Amadori for the years 1506-1514. 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. Among the names that appear throughout the ledger are Bartolomeo and Elisabetta Amadori, Francesco di Giovanni Ruspoli and Francesco di Mauro. The transactions concern small debts or credits between Andrea Amadori and various counterparts, including other members of the Amadori family, but payments to professionals (including dyers, bakers, carpenters) for their services are not uncommon. Memoranda consist of more detailed descriptions of the circumstances that led to the creation of a debt or credit. Sometimes the name of the notary public or lawyer who was involved in the more complicated transactions is also present.

Contents:

1. f.1r-81v: [Debtors and creditors]
2. f.88r-95r: [Memoranda]

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, 96; [i], 1-95; contemporary foliation in ink, 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. Memoranda written in long lines.
Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Aigle 88 (Florence, 1498); and unidentified watermark containing a griffin.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 172 on spine; the heading Creditori e debitori e ricordi, letter A with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover missing; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Origin: Written in Italy between 1506 (f. 1v) and 1514 (f. 49r).
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. 206 (Ms. Lea 303).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1369

OCLC:

302272326