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A Contribution to the Biography of Hvar's Canon Andrew Bartučević (Bertuzzi) (1584 - 1647)
Zrinka Novak
orcid.org/0000-0002-9551-3778
; The Historical Sciences Division of the Institute for Historical and Social Sciences of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Abstract
The focus of this article is life and work of Andrew Bartučević, Canon of Hvar. Andrew is a descendant of the Bartučević noble family which originates from Apulia (Italy). He was born in 1584, and after his study in Italy (University of Bologna or Padova), he returned in Hvar and entered the canonical service on May 8, 1607. From 1613 until his death, he served as the operator of the Hvar Cathedral (church revenue collector and economic affairs supervisor). Bartučević was personally engaged in supervising the renovation and construction of the Hvar Cathedral (facade, apse) during the first half of the seventeenth century. He carefully supervised the masters, concluded contracts with craftsmen from Korčula and other places on the eastern Adriatic coast and in Venice, paid them compensation for the work performed, but also hired artists to make altars and altarpieces in Hvar Cathedral and the Dominican church of St. Mark. The article also contains a qualitative analysis of Bartučević's last will, which shows that Canon Bartučević was also a talented entrepreneur who invested his income in the purchase of new residential and land real estate in the commune of Hvar (Stari Grad, Hvar, Vis), where he also cultivated vineyards. The wine from his vineyards brought him a good income. He also built a lime kiln on the cape of St. Pelegrin. He invested the proceeds in ordering works of art, but also took care of the spiritual goal and left a considerable amount to communal monks (Franciscans, Dominicans and Augustinians) and members of the Hvar Chapter to serve the masses pro remedio animae testatoris and his ancestors and benefactors. His testament (of September 20, 1647), which is kept in the Chapter Archive in Hvar, is a valuable source that witness ecclesiastical, economic, cultural and spiritual circumstances in contemporary Hvar. The author is analyzing this testament and at the end giving the full transcript.
Keywords
Canon Andrew Bartučević; Hvar; The Commune of Hvar; cathedral; testament; early Modern Age
Hrčak ID:
284088
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Publication date:
9.9.2022.
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