Statuta Valachorum


Regensburg October 5th 1630 Parchment, manuscript, Latin, 16 parchment leafs (the fourth leaf illuminated: watercolours, partly Indian ink; a coat of colour added at a later date is clearly visible) 31.5 x 24 cm Manuscript book, bound: red velvet with red silk ribbons, a hanging large, partly preserved red wax seal of Ferdinand II. On the seal field surrounding the coat of arms of the Hapsburg dynasty there are also coats of arms of the Kingdom of Croatia and the Kingdom of Dalmatia. The illuminated leaf shows the scene of twelve men swearing allegiance to King Ferdinand II. The Statutes were awarded by Ferdinand II Hapsburg as the King of Hungary to the Vlach community, going against the decisions of the Croatian Parliament. The Statutes regulated the internal administration of the Vlach community that had settled in the region of Slavonia, namely in the Varazdin Military District in the 16th and 17th centruries. The term 'Vlach' refers to Orthodox and Catholic soldiers that moved from Turkey, with the accompanying population, as well as the native population, which means to the entire military population of the Varazdin Military District. F. Moacanin, Pokusaji sporazumijevanja izmedu hrvatskog plemstva i vlaha Varazdinskog generalata u 17. stoljecu, Vojna krajina, Zagreb, 1984. Restored in the Laboratory of the Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1958.




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