Details

Subjects:

Medici, House of -- Archives.
Medici, House of.
Accounting -- Italy -- 16th century.
Accounting -- Italy -- 17th century.
Accounting.
Italy.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Accounts.
Manuscripts, Italian.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.
Manuscripts, European.
Archives.

Language:

Italian.

Summary:

Notebook of accounts and memoranda probably of various, unidentified members of the Medici family for the years 1569-1658. Some of the accounts were kept by Nicolo Mannelli, who probably worked for the family (1569-1604). Transactions concern the purchase of household items and personal accessories (including eyeglasses); the payment of servants and workers; and small debts and credits with various counterparts, the most important being, both for the frequency with which they appear and for the amount of transactions, the heirs of Federigo Ricci. Most memoranda are short descriptions of the events that lead to specific transactions. Some of the memoranda, however, are not related to financial matters, but record the birth of children in the unnamed family, together with the name of the mother and the date of birth.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, 96; [1], 2-93, 94-96, contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Script: Written in a cursive script, by multiple hands, including that of Nicolo Mannelli.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 26 on spine; the heading Giornale 1569-1656, and letter A with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather tie.
Origin: Written in Italy between 1569 (f. 1r) and 1658 (f. 68r).
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800: Supplement A (2), Library Chronicle 36 (1970), no.1, p. 33 (Ms. Lea 448).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1478

OCLC:

318538678