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https://doi.org/10.21857/m8vqrtzl29
Measures for Surface Area of Šibenik from the Fourteenth to the Nineteenth Century
Marija Zaninović Rumora
orcid.org/0000-0002-8983-6562
; Zavod za povijesne znanosti HAZU u Zadru, Zadar, Hrvatska
Sažetak
In this article, the author discusses measures used for surface area in Šibenik in the period from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century. By analysing written and printed sources, in the first place those from the archival series The Archive of Šibenik of the State Archive of Zadar, and based on the previous efforts and results of Croatian historical metrology, the author presents historical development of Šibenik measures for surface area, which were based on contemporary measures for length, and calculates their equivalents, pointing to their peculiarities and problems evolving in the period under research.
It should be stated that the term gonjaj in written sources is, primarily, used as a measure for surface area, but also as a measure for length used for measurement of surface and that particularly when measurement was made by authorised personnel. Even though the surface area of the gonjaj of Šibenik is known and was rather stable throughout the whole period under research, the problem opens and became more complex by mentions of gonjaj ad mesuram Croaticam or ad mensuram Luche. By comparison with measurements of similar name, Croatian gonjaj, in the areas of Skradin and Zadar, it may be argued that the surface area of this gonjaj equalled the surface area of the communal gonjaj of Šibenik and that of Zadar, and that the name points to the territory politically belonging to the Croatian Kingdom and ruled by the ban of Croatia, on which Šibenik and Zadar spread their influence in the fifteenth century and included them into their districts and jurisdictions. The author concludes that the surface area of the gonjaj of Šibenik did not changed in the period from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century, regardless of political changes otherwise affecting territories of Šibenik commune and its district.
Ključne riječi
the Late Middle Ages; Early Modern Age; Šibenik; historical metrology; surface measures
Hrčak ID:
220242
URI
Datum izdavanja:
27.12.2018.
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