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Tracta di Mercantie et Usanze di Paesi
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A codex in Italian copied by the scribe Ludovico Bertini of "Tracta di mercantie et usanze di paesi" first published in Florence in 1481, as a compendium of information for the 15th century merchant; including a method for finding out what day of the week a given month begins in a given year, and information for converting weights, measures, and money. The body of the text follows closely the version printed in Paciola's "Summa de Arithmetica." The manuscript contains 195 chapters whereas the printed versions contain only 194 chapters.
Temple University Library Bulletin: Vol. 2, No. 1, May 1954.
Herman, Nicholas. Making the renaissance manuscript: Discoveries from Philadelphia libraries: 256-257
Book of trade and customs of countries
Ms. codex.
Late 16th century dark brown leather, blind tooled and stamped with central classical medallion, two leather clasps.
Purchased from W. H. Robinson, 1951.
Collection processed and finding aid prepared in March 2021 by Katy rawdon, Coordinator of Technical Services.
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- Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
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- Katy Rawdon, Coordinator of Technical Services
- Finding Aid Date
- March 2021
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Open for research.
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