Five most important Croatian
Glagolitic
monuments
five most
important croatian glagolitic monumnets
1. The Baška Tablet
The Baška Tablet from arround 1100 AD
The Baška Tablet is the first known monumnet in which the
name of a Croatian king is carved in Croatian language. For King
Zvonimir it is expressly said to be Croatian King.
2. Istrian Boundaries, 1275-1395
Istrian Boundaries is the oldest
known international legal document written in Croatian language.
4. The first Croatian printed book (incunabulum) from 1483
The first Croatian printed book,
published in 1483, i.e., 28 years after Gutenberg's Bible
A famous colophon (the
final note) informing about the end of printing on 22 February 1483.
5. The first Croatian printed primer for children 1527.
The title page of the first Croatian printed primer for children from
1527.
The book was printed in Venice in the printing house of Andrea
Torresani.
The last page of the primier, with the colophone (final
note),
in Croatian Glagolitic on the left, and in Latin script (and language)
on the right.
A detailed description of the primer can be seen in [Tandarić], in Croatian.