Franklin

[Ledger of Cassi accounts].

Publication:
[Florence], 1616-1621.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
80 leaves : paper ; 347 x 235 mm bound to 362 x 240 mm
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Subjects:
Cassi, Lodovico.
Lapini, Stefano.
Medici, Andrea de'.
Accounting -- Italy -- 17th century.
Textile industry -- Italy -- Early works to 1800.
Textile industry.
Accounting.
Italy.
Form/Genre:
Codices.
Accounts.
Credit records.
Ledgers (account books)
Manuscripts, Italian.
Manuscripts, European.
Language:
Italian.
Summary:
Ledger of accounts of Lodovico Cassi for the years 1616-1621, with passages written in the first person, perhaps by Lodovico himself. Includes a detailed list of transactions related both to the textile business and trade and receipts from some of the counterparts involved in said transactions. Often includes the name of the customer, the kind of product purchased and the amount received. The accounts mentioned in the ledger that are related to the textile business include transactions with many different workers (including weavers, spinners and dyers) who were paid for their services as well as the purchase of materials and tools. The name of Andrea de' Medici appears throughout the ledger and is referred to as 'mio maggiore', indicating a strong partnership between him and Cassi. Members of other counterparts include members of some of the most important Florentine families, such as the Capponi, the Bardi, the Gherardi, the Albizzi, and the Lapini. In certain cases, while recording a transaction, detailed descriptions of the textile products sold are also present.
Notes:
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, 80; each folio has the same number on both recto and verso; rectos numbered [1], 2-70, [71-80], contemporary numeration in ink, modern numeration in pencil upper right recto; versos numbered 1-69, [70-80], contemporary numeration in ink, modern numeration in pencil, upper left verso (leaves 70-80 are blank but ruled).
Layout: Written in 3 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the smaller column on the left with the number of the transaction, the large central column with a brief description of it, including the name of the counterparts, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the debt or credit. In certain cases the large central column contains itemized accounts of a transaction within one entry.
Script: Written in a cursive script by multiple hands, probably including that of Lodovico Cassi.
Watermark: Unidentified watermark containing a circle, an oblong human head with a thick neck and pointy nose and a crown.
Binding: Contemporary vellum; heading Compere, no. 107 and letter A with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover wraps around upper cover with remnants of leather ties.
Origin: Written in Florence, between 1616 (f. 1v) and 1621 (f. 69r).
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Penn Provenance:
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1963.
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 (4), Library Chronicle 37 (1971), no. 1, p. 17 (Ms. Lea 540).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Codex 1513
OCLC:
320530867