Details

Subjects:

Cassi, Lodovico.
Textile industry -- Italy -- Early works to 1800.
Woolen and worsted manufacture -- Italy -- History.
Accounting -- Italy -- 17th century.
Accounting.
Woolen and worsted manufacture.
History.
Textile industry.
Italy.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

Italian.

Summary:

Ledger of accounts of Lodovico Cassi for the years 1621-1637 (f. 1v-201r and f. 289r-313v), 1640-1644 (f. 314r), 1648 (f. 201v) and 1651-1652 (f. 314r-314v), mostly written by Antonio Ciarfalli. Often includes the amount of a given credit or debt or other transactions (usually sales of semi-finished pieces of fabric) and the name of the individuals that act as counterparts in said transactions. Most accounts are related to the textile business and the counterparts involved range from individual buyers to large family enterprises. Among the counterparts, the most important are Filippo and Giannozzo Pandolfini; Franco Cartucci; Cosimo Mori; Cosimo Belforti; Caterina Falconetti; and Argentina Giraldi (the aforementioned women appeared to be heavily involved in the textile business, usually as buyers). Lodovico Cassi sold and purchased textile products at various stages of the manufacturing process, but, in certain cases, he also appeared to lend money for interest, which was not an uncommon activity for a merchant at the time.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, i (paper) + 336 + i (paper); rectos numbered [1], 2-201, [202-208], 209, [210-223], 224, [225-239], 240, [241-255], 256, [257-287], 288-314, [315-336], contemporary numeration in ink, modern numeration in pencil, upper right recto; versos numbered 1-201, [202-288], 289-314, [315-336] contemporary numeration in ink, modern numeration in pencil, upper left verso.
Layout: Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large central column with a brief description of the transaction, including the name of the counterparts involved in the transaction, and the smaller one on the right with the amount received or disbursed. Sometimes long lines are also used.
Script: Written in a cursive script by multiple hands, including that of Antonio Ciarfalli.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Soleil 13957 (Pisa, 1593), but with a smaller moon inside the sun.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 236 on spine; the heading Entrata e uscita del taglio and letter B with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather ties. Decorative leatherwork on spine.
Origin: Written in Italy between 1621 (f. 1v) and 1652 (f. 314v).
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. 212 (Ms. Lea 339).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1417.

OCLC:

310746306

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