Review article
The Statute of Brač Commune from 1305 about animals and animal products
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
Josip Mihalj
; Veterinarska stanica Županja, d.o.o., Vet. ambulanta Soljani, Croatia
Miroslav Kajganić
; Agro-vet Križevci, Croatia
Abstract
The Statute of Brač Commune from 1305 is updated regulations from the Statute of 1277 which probably originated earlier. The statute consists of four books: the fi rst book contains 39, the second 11, the third 43 and the fourth 59 chapters. The fi rst book of the Reformation (87 chapters) was created in the period from 1415 to 1420, and the chapters of the second and third book of the Reformation originated back in 1420. In the second book of the Reformation, eight chapters of 23 originated from 1423 to 1434 and the others from 1446 to 1615. The third book of the Reformation has 18 chapters. Of the 39 chapters in the fi rst book, 21 chapters (3.54%) refer to the prevention of committing damage in the vineyard or garden. Of the 11 chapters in the second book not one (0%) is related to the topic of this work. Of the 43 chapters of the third book, 7 (16.27%) chapters (2, 3, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 43) are related to the topic of this work. Of the 59 chapters of the fourth book, 18 (30.50%) chapters are related to the topic of this work (11, 15, 17, 19, 25, 26, 27, 30, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49 and 52). Of the 87 chapters of the fi rst book Reformation, 22 (25.28%) are related to the topic of this work (2, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 37, 38, 42, 43, 44, 45, 56, 58, 62 and 70). The second book of the Reformation, in which are 23 chapters, not one (0%) is related to the topic of this work. The third book of the Reformation has a total of 18 chapters, of which 4 (22.22%) are related to the topic of this work (6, 7, 13 and 15). Fourteen chapters are concerned with shepherds as relevant factors in animal production (the third book – 2 chapters, the fourth book – 6 chapters, the fi rst book of the Reformation - 4 chapters and the third book of the Reformation – 2 chapters) or 5% of the legislation in the Statute of Brač Commune. Twelve chapters (4.20%) deal with the movement and holding conditions of animals and the manner of grazing in the fi rst book, one chapter in the third book, two chapters in the fourth book, 6 chapters in the fi rst book of the Reformation and one chapter in the third book of the Reformation. Eight chapters deal with the damage from animals and to animals, of which two are in the third book, four in the fourth book and in the fi rst book of the Reformation there are 2 chapters. Although this chapter is in some way connected with the theft chapter we separate them for easy understanding, it is entirely clear that any theft of animals has resulted in damage to their owner. Three chapters deal with dogs, two in the fourth book and one chapter in the book of the Reformation. Six chapters deals with theft of animals, of which one chapter in the third book, two in the fourth book and 3 chapters in the fi rst book of the Reformation. In the Statute of Brač four chapters deal with hides and skins, two in the third book and one chapter in the fourth book and in the fi rst book of the Reformation. Several chapters deal with puddles, but those relating to animals are described in four chapters, two in the fourth book and in the fi rst book of the Reformation. From the above it is not hard to conclude that all seven books have a total of 280 chapters (articles), of which 54 chapters (19.28%) belong to the area covered by this paper.
Keywords
Statute of Brač Commune; animals; animal products
Hrčak ID:
231843
URI
Publication date:
17.6.2013.
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