Colloquia Maruliana ..., Vol. 6 , 1997.
Original scientific paper
On Marulić's Wills and his Visit to Rome in 1500
Petar Runje
Abstract
In the will entered in the register of the City Chancellery of Split on 4 January 1524, Marko Marulić declared invalid his wills drawn up prior to that date. These previous wills were regarded as lost without trace until recently, when the author found new evidence int he Historical Archives at Zadar. It concerns a legal act that took place on 25 September 1500. Namely, on that day Marulić, along with some other citizens of Split, registered a will. Since 1500 was a year of Jubilee, when numerous pilgrims flocked to Rome, and since it was a custom to draw up a will before long and risky voyages, the author puts forward the hypothesis that Marulić also made a pilgrim to Rome. The same inference may be drawn from the will of Arnerius de Petracha, his fellow-citizen and contemporary, from which we can deduce that in November of the same year Marulić was away from Split. However, the will of 1500 itself has not been found.
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22.4.1997.
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