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Internal Structure and Lexis of Inventories in the Fonds Magnifica communitas Iadre from the 14th century

The inventories of goods of city inhabitants are a priceless source for the research of everyday life in medieval Dalmatian communes. The aim of this paper is a diplomatic and lexical analysis of Zadar’s published inventory of goods from the fonds Magnifica communitas Iadre from the State archives in Zadar, in order to determine the characteristics of this type of document as a special kind of historical source as well as the characteristics of the Latin language that was used in Zadar in the 14th century. Most of the inventories were composed in Latin “office” language, as influenced by a Venetian administration and, occasionally, local Roman idioms, together with a few words of Croatian origin. Because of the nature of the files, there is a more evident influence of vulgar idioms, offering a fuller linguistic picture that is closer to the actual linguistic situation in the city of Zadar in the 14th century.

inventory of goods; Middle Ages; Zadar; Medieval Latin

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