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The paper explores the principle of legal certainty in the medieval commune of Kotor, focusing on the distribution of power and judicial authority. It examines the legal structure of Kotor, including appeal mechanisms and the role of notaries, primarily from the Italian Peninsula, in shaping the local legal system. Additionally, it highlights the codification process of Kotor's statutes, first published in Venice in 1616, and the influence of Venetian governance. The author analyses the balance of power between local aristocracy and external oversight by Venice, showcasing how aristocratic control was maintained, particularly in judicial and administrative matters, while safeguarding legal certainty. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"The Cat: it possesses beauty without vanity, strength without insolence, courage without ferocity, all the virtues of man without his vices" (Lord Byron). This paper is a photographic summary of trips to three cities that we consider among the most representative of the harmonious relationship between humans and cats: Istanbul, Kotor, and Saint Petersburg. The photos show some of the beauty of these cities: architecture, avenues, museums, squares, parks, the natural beauty of the surroundings, and, of course, its community's cats. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The Lectionary and Pontifical of the Diocese of Kotor, which is now kept in St. Petersburg, contains on the free pages on the margins of the main text, transcripts of the documents of the Kotor authorities from the first half of the 12th century until the middle of the 13th century. In the Manuscript Department of the HAZU Archives in Zagreb, in manuscript collections from the 18th century, there is a certain number of these documents. This paper provides basic information about these manuscripts and provides the texts of the transcripts of the documents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this article is to shed light on the status of slaves in the Statute of Kotor (1616) and its Roman legal basis. The work is primarily based on the Kotor Statute,,as well as the accompanying notary documents from the relevant period of time.. Due to the nature of the topic, other Dalmatian and Mediterranean cities in the respective period were also taken into account. In this article, the author used an argumentation-based linguistic approach and systematic method of interpretation of the statutory provisions concerning the status of slaves, while excluding the status of other „unfree“ or „semi-free“ people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper, based on the analysis of original archival records, baptismal, marriage, and death registers of the parish of St. Tryphon from the 18th century, presents and analyses the migrations of inhabitants from the territory of the Dubrovnik Republic to Kotor. The emphasis is placed on, to the extent permitted by the sources, analysing the number, gender, places of origin, and migration areas of Dubrovnik residents. The paper also explores marital strategies and the involvement of Dubrovnik residents in the social life of Kotor at that time, all of which is considered in the context of pre-modern migration patterns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The aim of this article is to shed light on the decisionmaking process in early modern Kotor, based on an analysis of the Statute of Kotor (1616) and surviving notarial documents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The paper provides data from little-known sources about the time when Kotor‘s bishop Grimoald was able to perform episcopal duties in Kotor. The document (pastoral letter) attributed to him, which refers to marriages in Kotor, is analyzed. An attempt is made to establish a connection between its content, which refers to the presence of clergy during the marriage ceremony and the permitted degree of consanguinity of the spouses, with the norms of the Catholic Church related to that issue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper analyses the contents of the text of the charter issued by Queen Helen of Anjou to the village of Zator‒which is in the immediate vicinity of Kotor –during her reign in Zeta (1276‒1306). The charter has been preserved in multiple transcripts, as well as Italian translations. The charter states the boundaries of the village, as defined by Queen Helen, which were established on the site. Penalties are prescribed in the case of any unlawful use of this area by the surrounding population. The charter stipulates legal norms which determine the pecuniary tributes paid by the inhabitants of the village, in relation to court proceedings. A fine is prescribed for any breach of these norms. The paper concludes that a part of the border of the village of Zator had corresponded with a part of the border of the Kotor district since the first half of the 14th century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The aim of this study is to introduce the intermediary role of Kotor in the Balkan missions comparing it to the same activities of Ragusa. From 1578 the Bolica family was responsible for coordinating the postal service from Venice to Istanbul, as a consequence of which the family acquired a vast network of connections in the Balkans. In the 17th century four members of the Bolica family which ran the postal service worked as the Balkan commissioners of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide. Franjo Bolica was the most outstanding of the four due to his personal qualities and as a result of both the importance of his commissions and the prosperity during the war of Candia (1645-1669). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, we will interpret and present Old Turkish (Ottoman) inscriptions from the Bar region, which date from the historical range from the 17th to the 20th century, with a transcription from Old Turkish to the Ottoman language, with a translation in our language as well.Namely, the basic research intention of these recent researches in Bar is directed towards presenting to the scientific, professional and general reading public the inscriptions from the stone surfaces and their meaning with nišan tombstones, fountains and chronograms, while at the same time unusual ornamentation, shapes and various decorative motifs that adorn them and essentially determine them.In addition to translations of these specific archaeological-historical testimonies about people and the spirit of the time from which these artifacts date, we also provide photographs that speak not only about the significance and values of this material heritage but also about the condition in which they are. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper contains transcripts of some medieval documents from the manuscript collection “Memorie sulle Bocche di Cattaro concernenti il Culto”, whose parchment templates were in the possession of the Kotor canon Vicko Antun Paskvali during the 18th century. The documents refer to the churches of Kotor: St. Nicholas of the Gardens (1289), St. Lorenzo of Plata (1324, 1347, 1348), St. Luka’s (1270), St. Basileus on Šuranj (1309), St. Maria of Gurdići (1318), and St. Jacob of Loggia (1388). Most of the documents relate to the election of abbots, founding, and patronage over churches, one refers to the leasing of church property. Some of these documents have been scarcely known so far. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

On the basis of a newly discovered source, this paper presents new details in relation to the ciborium dedicated to the Kotor martyrs – the Petilovrijenci. The previously presented facts about its appearance and the writing on it are confirmed, but there are certain corrections of the statements previously made in regard to the ciborium’s position in the cathedral and the time until when it could have existed as a whole in the St. Tryphon Cathedral. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper offers new scholarly insights on the Stone-carving Workshop of Kotor, active in the southern Adriatic during the first half of the 9th century. Based on the significantly extended attribution of artworks to this workshop within Boka Kotorska, as well as a broader region from Dubrovnik's Astarea to the Theme of Dyrrachium and further to Lezha, the author discusses the workshop's importance in the local context, with a special emphasis on its relations with the immediately preceding Stone-carving Workshop from the time of bishop John of Kotor. The article also brings new hypotheses on the workshop's working organization, the training system of its masters, and the divulgence of its production in the surrounding areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This work presents new information about the ciborium from the Kotor cathedral of St. Tryphon, for which a part of the scientific world believes it does not represent a whole, but rather fragments of several related ciboria. We attempt to answer the question as to whom this ciborium was dedicated and when it was erected. By analysing the available sources, it can be concluded that the ciborium was constructed during the eighth decade of the 12th century, back in the days of bishop Nikephoros II and that it was dedicated to the Kotor saints Andrew, Peter and Lawrence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Based on the available sources, the focus of analysis is the recognition of the cult of St Catherine of Siena in the late Middle Ages in Kotor, for whose spreading the Dominicans were credited. Based on the fresco representation of the saint, it can be concluded that her cult in Kotor was formed upon two conceptual bases - the first framework was the charitable works of the saint, and the second resulted from the complex eucharistic symbolism which her controversial obtaining of stigmata bore. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article deals with a number of pre-Romanesque fragments from Bay of Kotor which were assigned to the production of quality stonecarvers' workshop centered in Kotor. Based on the name of Bishop John, who participated in the Second Council of Nicaea in 787, fragments are dated to the last quarter of the 8th and early 9th century. In addition, this sculpture is compared with a similar from the other eastern Adriatic cathedrals, showing common stylistic features and high quality carving in marble. These analogies point to the same artistic language used by Dalmatian carvers at the turn of 8th in 9th century on the wide area from Istria to the Bay of Kotor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author is reviewing early Christian monuments on the territory of Kotor bishopric. The territory of the Kotorska Diocese today occupies the belt of the Montenegrin coastline, separated from the hinterland by the mountain line of the Dinaric line, stretching from the slope of Debeli brijeg in the north to the river of the Railroad in Barsko polje. Earlier there was a much smaller area, since there were still dioceses in Risna (or Rose) and Budva. However, although the earliest bishop in Risan (or Rose) was recorded at the end of the 6th century, the administration of the Risan diocese was entrusted to the bishop of Kotor from 1540, while the Budva diocese with the earliest recorded bishop Silvester from the middle of the 12th century was subjected at first to Archbishop of Bar, but after the Turkish conquest of Bara in 1571, it was administered by Archbishop of Bara or Bishop of Skadar (as an apostolic vicar), and since 1830 it was included in the Kotor diocese. In this aforementioned territory several research in and around the sacral buildings were done after the catastrophic Montenegrin earthquake in 1979. Numerous objects belonging to the early Christian phase from the beginning of 6th century were discovered, while several objects from the pre- Romanic period from 9th to 11th century were previously known. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper focuses on a series of pre-Romanesque fragments found in Kotor and several other localities in Boka Kotorska, which can be linked to an early phase in the formation of the pre-Romanesque style. Chronological orientation points provided by the triple mention of Bishop Ivan, who was present at the Second Council of Nicaea in 787, have served as a framework dating the fragments to the last quarter of the 8th and the early 9th century. They are considered to be work of a highly skilful stonemason workshop, for which the name Stonemason Workshop from the Time of Bishop Ivan of Kotor has been proposed. The reliefs have been compared to analogous sculptural decoration adorning the cathedrals of other cities in the Eastern Adriatic based on similar stylistic and iconographic features, as well as masterful stonemasonry in high-quality marble. These analogies indicate a common visual language used by the masters active in the broad belt stretching from Istria to Boka Kotorska, who brought to our coast the spirit of new, pre-Romanesque art at the turn of the 9th century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The central theme of the paper is to study the migration processes in Kotor in the 18th century. The emphasis was on the share of immigrants from Montenegro's hinterland into Kotor. The research was based on the analysis of the original archival material from the Bishop's Archives in Kotor, the books of the Church of St. Tryphon. By inspecting the above mentioned material, the time span of the census, the ways of identification, and the gender and professional structure of the immigrants are presented and analyzed. Finally, the share of Montenegrin immigrants in each book of births (births, weddings and deaths) is analyzed, with an emphasis on displaying topics from the social everyday life of the population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper contains four overlooked documents about Stefanica Crnojević, the Duke (vojvoda) of Zeta; the documents are published according to the copies in the collection of documents from Kotor made by Antonio Bisanti and dating from the 18th century. Three documents are directly concerned with Stefanica's entry into Venetian service 1451- 1452, while the fourth concerns his plea for military help in 1460, in expectation of an attack from the Turkish commander of the Medun Fortress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The testament of Jelena, the daughter of the late Medos Drago, contains an exceptionally large number of various individual items of ad pias causas donations. Analogously with the number of soul salvation legacies, there was also a wider choice of those receiving these gifts of mercy. The testament of Jelena Drago reveals, on one hand, a strong loyalty of the Kotor aristocracy to the Franciscan Order, and on the other hand the acknowledgement and reverence of the general devotional testamentary practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In the course of the 14th and 15th century there was a constant exchange of skilled workforce between Dubrovnik and Kotor necessary for the normal functioning of the two cities. During the specified period, a number of workers, predominantly qualified ones, including doctors, pharmacists, but also many craftsmen such as jewellers, gunsmiths, stonecutters, left more developed Dubrovnik for Kotor. At the same time, less qualified workers, or uneducated famuli, went to Kotor during the 14th and 15th century with the intention of gaining appropriate qualifications and education in the city under Srdje. Thanks to their activities, both of these Yugoslav centres, during the specified period, reached a certain level of economic and social development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We have tried, for the third time, to present some new moments from the life of this notable gentry family, which had in Bar at first, and then in Kotor in the middle ages. Due to usage of some just from recently available sources, we could acquire a new data about possessions and family affairs of certain members of Zagurovic family. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the medieval town of Kotor, written sources and fine arts bears testimony to the acceptance and development of the cult of saint Clare, founder of the Second Franciscian religious order assigned to women. The earliest mention of the Saint Clare monastery (Monasterii poncellarum, sive Sanctae Clarae de Catharo) on the territory of Kotor’s municipality is found in a law decree that is concerned with the election of monastery`s procurators, that was issued during the service of bishop Raymundus Agouti (1331-1334). At the request of Kotor’s municipality, pope Urban V has authorized bishop of Kotor Duymus to build a monastery for abbess and thirty nuns at the expense of the municipality, inside the walls of town, on the site of former female Benedictine monastery that had been in a state of neglect. Saint Clare was painted as a part of the fourteenth century fresco decoration of Kotor’s cathedral of saint Tryphon. Accompanied by the saint Lucy, she was represented on the intrados of the western bay arch of the church. The scene has been analyzed based on the historical, symbolical and theological context, and as such, together with written sources, bears testimony of the ownership of Saint Clare in medieval town or Kotor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]