(Q5546)

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Ledger of Medici debtors and creditors.
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Arte della lana (Guild : Florence, Italy)
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Accounting--Italy--16th century
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Medici, House of--Archives
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Extent: 144 leaves : paper ; 334 x 231 mm bound to 342 x 231 mm +
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Foliation: Paper, i (parchment) + 144 leaves + i (parchment); versos numbered 1-84, [85-144], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper left verso; rectos numbered [i], i-lxxxiiii, [lxxxv-cxxxxiii], upper right recto (leaves after p. 84 are blank but ruled). Each opening has a matched arabic numeral on the left and a roman numeral on the right. A 17th-century note...
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Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Origin: Written in Italy, ca. 1543 (latest date of entries, p. 84).
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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...
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Script: Written in a cursive script.
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Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Fleche, 6299 (Florence, 1518-28).
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Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 142 on spine; the heading Q[uadern]o di cassa diciottesimo, no. 285, on upper cover; lower cover with remnants of leather ties wraps around upper cover with leather strap; decorative leatherwork on spine.
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Ms. codex.
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Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.
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29 August 2023
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29 August 2023
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