Review article
The Statute of Dubrovnik (1272) on animals and animal products and veterinary service in the old city of Dubrovnik
Petar Džaja
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Krešimir Severin
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Željko Grabarević
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Damir Agičić
; Veterinarski ured Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Ivo Vranješ
; Veterinarska stanica Križevci, Croatia
Edin Šatrović
; Faculty of veterinary medicine University of Sarajevo
Abstract
The Statute of Dubrovnik from 1272 is divided into eight statute books and have total of 484 chapters (the first book - 34 chapters, the second book - 33 chapters, the third book - 58 chapters, the fourth book - 80 chapters, the fifth book - 45 chapters, the sixth book - 68 chapters, the seventh – 67 and eighth - 99 chapters) and from a total of all chapters in all of the books 19 (3.92%) chapters are about animals and animal products. The third and fifth books aren’t about animals and animal products unlike 12 chapters in the first, one chapter in the second and third, three chapters in the sixth and two in the eight book. The largest number of chapters are dedicated to fishing, fishermen and their obligation to the prince, his deputy, procurators, and the main church master and to others. In the old Dubrovnik the veterinarian empiricist are mentioned in 1364 under different names. The salary of ordinary grooms was 100-120 perpers per year including a free apartment, workshop and the possibility of charging for their services to municipality and private individuals. They had also the monopoly on making horseshoes and nails ie they were paid for mandatory accommodation in Dubrovnik and to be at disposal to municipality and private individuals. From all the treatment of horses one service, the bloodletting, is mentioned which was paid one groat per horse. The farrier’s service for all four limbs are charged 4-6 groats, and new horseshoes for four limbs with appropriate nails are cost three groats.
Keywords
The Statute of Dubrovnik from 1272; animals; animal products; groom
Hrčak ID:
231679
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Publication date:
10.3.2014.
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