Pacioli’s Example Entries- a Conundrum Resolved?
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Sangster, A.
Stoner, G.
Scataglini-Belghitar, G.
De Lange, Paul
O'Connell, B.
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Sangster, A. and Stoner, G. and Scataglini-Belghitar, G. and De Lange, P. and O'Connell, B. 2014. Pacioli’s Example Entries - a Conundrum Resolved? Abacus. 50 (1): pp. 93-106.
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This paper discusses the nature of the 10 example paragraph entries at the end of Pacioli's bookkeeping treatise. It concludes that these are entries from fledgling banking operations involving one account holder and one borrower who, along with two others, has financial transactions with the account holder. The widely held assumption that they are examples of entries in the Ledger is set aside and it is concluded that, on the basis of the available evidence, they are examples of entries in a Ricordanze, a record book Pacioli described as being used to record items of this type.
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