Original scientific paper

Notes on the Fourteenth-Century Manuscript of the Statues of Lastovo

Nella Lonza orcid.org/0000-0002-6387-1036 ; Institute for Historical Sciences of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Abstract

The oldest, fourteenth-century manuscript of the Statutes of Lastovo, which was thought to be lost, is located by the author in the holdings of the National and University Library in Zagreb.
The analysis of the text is focused on three elements. First, the “Zagreb manuscript” was written for the official use of Lastovo’s authorities (counts and chancellors). Therefore, it could be compared with several other manuscripts which had the same function. Secondly, specific attention is paid to a few statutory provisions that were later revoked; consequently, they were omitted in the younger manuscripts. In the appendix to this paper these articles are reported in extenso. Finally, the manuscript contains a few interesting
autographic notes by fifteenth-century counts of Lastovo. The author examines not only the content of these notes in Latin and Italian, but also their style, as they reflect the language skills of young Dubrovnik patricians during this period.

Keywords

Lastovo; Statute; 14th century

Hrčak ID:

239407

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/239407

Publication date:

20.7.1998.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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