Details

Subjects:

Medici, House of -- Archives.
Medici, Carlo de'.
Medici, Bastiano 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 debtors and creditors of Carlo and Bastiano di Bernardo de' Medici for the years 1553-1572. Includes a section, titled Ricordi, that consists of memoranda of business contracts and their negotiation where a third party, writing in the first person, mentions Carlo and Bastiano de' Medici and sometimes other individuals and details of their business meetings.

Contents:

1. f.1v-32v: Debitori et creditori.
2. f.50r-53v: Ricordi.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, 64; [i], 1-63, 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 in arabic numerals. 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 and for the most part only contain text.
Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Etoile, 6098 (Siena, 1495-1524).
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 36 on spine; the heading Debiti, Crediti, Ricordi, no. 126 and letter A with decorative penwork on upper cover; decorative leatherwork on spine.
Origin: Written in Italy, between 1553 (f. 1v) and 1572 (f. 53v)
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. 194 (Ms. Lea 232).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1290

OCLC:

291098999