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[Ledger of Medici accounts]

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  • "Ledger of accounts of the brothers Fabrizio and Niccolo de' Medici, sons of Luigi de' Medici, for the years 1575-1584. Often includes the nature of a given transaction and its amount, as well as listing the names of the individuals that act as counterparts in the transaction. Most of the counterparts are employees of the two brothers and the majority of transactions are in kind (capons, cattle, feed, seeds, wine, grains) but there are occurrences of cash transactions. Entries representing payment for a service rendered by the counterpart and likely agreed upon in advance were called contracts, but they do not present many of the features of formal legal documents and are actually summaries of contracts. Also included are memoranda of transactions and specific events related to the transactions."
  • "Ledger of accounts of an unidentified member of the Medici family for the years 1594-1637. It includes a detailed list of the transactions which took place in some of the farms of the Medici estate (including Castagnuolo and Marciolla) and the revenues derived from selling produce and harvests. Data on the production and sale of oil and wine appear frequently. Produce details (different kinds of wheat or olives, or variants of beans) and sowing techniques used (with or without using oxen) are also noted. Small debts and credits between the owner (or owners) of the estates and employees are also present, and often workers paid their debts in kind."
  • "Ledger of accounts of the brothers Andrea and Vincenzo de' Medici, sons of Carlo de' Medici (p.158), for the years 1581-1583. Often includes the nature of a given transaction and its amount, as well as listing the names of the individuals that act as counterparts in the transaction. In certain cases the transactions are in kind (examples of the produce used for these payments are chestnuts, grains, cattle feed, cattle, swine) but cash transactions are not uncommon. In spite of the upper cover, which presents the word Possesione, this is not a property ledger, but rather a ledger of accounts regarding specific properties, either the Valdenievole estate, located between Florence and Pistoia, or those properties located outside the Valdenievole area. The counterparts in the transactions are often employees or tenants of the two de' Medici brothers, and as such can pay in kind, or receive in kind payments. Other expenses are related to the management of the properties for the purchase of fertilizers and manure, or cattle, grains, feed and other produce."
  • "Ledger of accounts of Fabrizio de' Medici for the years 1559-1579. Often includes the nature of a given credit or debt and its amount, as well as listing the names of the individuals that hold the debt or credit, and the date on which payments are due. Transactions are sometimes related to payments for produce or rent, as well as small debts and credits between Fabrizio de' Medici and his employees. Transactions regarding farm or household management are very common and appear throughout the ledger: for these transactions detailed information is often given, as well as the prices of the products and the reason for the purchase. Sometimes the name of the counterpart is also recorded. The memoranda contain more information regarding individual debts and credits, such as the circumstances that lead to the debt or credit, as well a more detailed list of farm or household management product purchases. Flyleaves (formerly the cover) are vellum, from a 14th-century manuscript of the Corpus juris civilis, written in two columns, in a Gothic script with red and blue initials, with surrounding commentary text. Parts of the texts are missing."

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  • "Archives"
  • "History"
  • "Credit records"
  • "Manuscripts, Italian"
  • "Manuscripts, European"
  • "Accounts"
  • "Ledgers (account books)"
  • "Codices"
  • "Manuscripts, Renaissance"

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  • "[Ledger of Medici accounts]"

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