ABSTRACT
Anyone in your family or household can make entries in the Memorandum, Scrap Book or Household Expense Book. Consequently, one cannot fully state how the entries should be made, because some persons might or might not understand. The common custom is this: For example, assume that you have purchased so many pieces of cloth, say twenty white Bresciani for twelve ducats apiece. This transaction can be recorded as follows:
On this day, we have (or I have) bought from Filippo de Ruffoni of Brescia, twenty pieces of white Bresciani cloth. They are stored in Stefano Tagliapietra’s vault and are of so many arm lengths apiece, as agreed upon. They cost twelve ducats each and are marked with a certain number. Mention if the cloth is made of triple warpcord, four to five arm lengths square, wide or narrow, fine or medium, whether Bergamene, Vicenzan, Veronese, Paduan, Florentine, or Mantuan. State whether the transaction was made entirely for cash, or part only for cash and part on time. State when the balance is due or whether payment was partly for cash and the remainder in goods.
