(Q5591)
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Accounting--Italy--16th century
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Medici, Andrea de'
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1581-1583.
16. century
1581Gregorian
1583
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Extent: 192 leaves : paper ; 329 x 232 mm bound to 343 x 235 mm +
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Origin: Written in Italy between 1581 (p. 1) and 1583 (p. 93).
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Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Monts 11938 (Lucca, 1582), but with a tree instead of the letter F.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Ms. codex.
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Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 96 on spine; the heading L[ib]ro di possesione, no. 10 and letter B with decorative penwork on upper cover; lower cover with remnants of leather ties wraps around upper cover; decorative leatherwork on spine.
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Pagination: Paper, i (paper) + 192 + i (paper); versos numbered i-158, [159-192], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper left verso; rectos numbered [i], i-cxxxxviii, [cxxxxviiii], cl-clviii, [clviiii-cxci], upper right recto (leaves 159-192 are blank but ruled). Each opening has a matched Arabic numeral on the left and a Roman numeral on the right.
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Layout: Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large column on the left with the transaction and a brief description of it, and the smaller one on the right with its amount in Arabic numerals. In the occurrence of both a debt and a credit with a specific counterpart, credits are usually listed on the left page and debts on the right page of an opening, with the same...
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Script: Written in a cursive script perhaps by multiple hands.
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Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
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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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