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Senate House Library, University of London

Costs of the upkeep of a galley


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 223

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Costs of the upkeep of a galley

Date(s): [1700-1750]

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 24 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information available at present.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume containing a report giving a list of all the costs of the upkeep of a galley in a squadron, [1700-1750], requested by 'S R Gerosna', entitled 'Relazione distinta di tutta la somma che si spende e consuma per il manteninento di una galera dalla squadra di questa S R Gerosna'. Includes frequent references to the port at Malta, and to Sicily, Sardinia and other islands in the Mediterranean, and notes of advice for captains of galleys trading in the area.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Italian

System of arrangement:

Single item.

Conditions governing access:

Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

Manuscript folio. Bound in half-morocco.

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions: ISAD(G) 2nd edition, and NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names (1997).

Date(s) of descriptions: Jun 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Accounting | Financial administration | Finance
International trade | Trade
Ships | Vehicles | Transport
Seas
Trade (practice)

Personal names
Gerosna | S R | fl 1700-1750 | shipowner

Corporate names

Places
Malta | Western Europe | Europe
Mediterranean Sea | Seas
Sardinia | Italy | Western Europe | Europe
Sicily | Italy | Western Europe | Europe