Branimir inscription
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Created | 888[1] |
Location | Šopot, near Benkovac, Croatia |
Purpose | Templon beam and gable inscription |
The Branimir inscription (Croatian: Natpis kneza Branimira) is the oldest preserved monument containing an inscription defining a Croatian medieval ruler as a duke of Croats – Dux Cruatorum. The inscription was originally a part of templon of a church in Šopot at Benkovac built by Duke Branimir, who ruled Croatia from 879–892.
Description
The
The inscription is significant for the history of Croatia as it represents one of the oldest surviving references to a Croatian ruler, but also the earliest fully recorded use of the particular name for Croats.[3][4] There are five other preserved stone inscriptions mentioning Branimir, found in Nin, Ždrapanj near Skradin, Otres near Bribir, in Muć Gornji near Split, and latest found in Lepuri near Benkovac.[5] The one found in Muć contains the consecration year, dating the inscription to year 888.[6][7]
The oldest epigrahic inscription of a Croatian ruler are most probably those of
References
- ISBN 0-85667-499-0.
- ^ "Natpis kneza Branimira" [Duke Branimir Inscription] (in Croatian). Benkovac Tourist Board. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ^ ISBN 978-953-263-034-3. Archived from the original(PDF) on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
- ^ a b "Kulturna kronika: Dvanaest hrvatskih stoljeća". Vijenac (in Croatian) (291). Zagreb: Matica hrvatska. 28 April 2005. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
Analizom je utvrđeno da je taj kameni ulomak ne samo najstariji pronađen spomenik s hrvatskim imenom uopće (do sada je to bio osamdesetak godina mlađi natpis kneza Branimira, pronađen kod Benkovca) nego i najstariji zabilježen institut župana u Hrvatskoj u ranom srednjem vijeku.
- ^ a b Josipović, Ivan (2018). "Tri nova posvetna natpisa s imenima hrvatskih vladara iz karolinškog perioda" [Three New Votive Inscriptions With the Names of Croatian Rulers from the Carolingian Period]. Starohrvatska Prosvjeta. III (44–45): 137–151. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ISBN 978-0-521-81539-0. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ISSN 0353-295X. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ISBN 978-953-263-034-3. Archived from the original(PDF) on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2011.