Original scientific paper
LAST WILL OF FAUST VRANČIĆ PRESERVED IN THE LEGACY OF NOBLE FAMILY DRAGANIĆ-VRANČIĆ IN THE STATE ARCHIVES IN RIJEKA
Iva KURELAC
Abstract
This article is based on the unpublished testament of Faust Vrančić (Šibenik 1551 – Venice 1617), notable humanist from Šibenik, diplomat, ecclesiastical official and inventor, which was written in Latin on 12th June 1615. This last will came to State Archives in Rijeka in 2010 as a part of legacy of noble family Draganić-Vrančić. Today it is kept within archival holdings of this family (Fond obitelji Draganić-Vrančić) covering the period between 1552 and 1971, and the signature of this testament is R0-50 (HR-DARI-1000). Not only
that author delivers the most important facts about Faust Vrančić's life and works but also analyzes some crucial studies of older Croatian and Italian historiography (from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries) and through such an analysis reveals some new
aspects and hypotheses. Namely, in this article for the first time one can find a thorough and complete analysis of Vrančić's last will according various types of bequests and recipients. Moreover, author delivers a detail paleographic (formal) analysis, followed with
the analysis of the content, which has revealed that this is an authentic document written by anonymous notary while some parts were undoubtedly composed by Vrančić himself. At the end, reader can find a complete transcription of the testament in Latin edited according the rules of egdotics, which is accompanied with some crucial facsimiles of this document.
Keywords
Historiography; Dalmatia; Šibenik; Faust Vrančić; testament; ecclesiastical history; humanism; early modern period
Hrčak ID:
108760
URI
Publication date:
26.9.2013.
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