GB 0369 HEK - Hektorovic Collection

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GB 0369 HEK

Title

Hektorovic Collection

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  • 1979 (Creation)

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1 file

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Petar Hektorovic (1487-1582), was a Croatian nobleman and well known figure in sixteenth century Croatian literature. He lived on the island of Hvar which was at that time under Venetian rule but was under threat from invasion by the Ottoman Empire which had conquered most of South-Eastern Europe at that time.

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GB 0369 HEK 1979 Collection (Fonds) 1 file Hektorovic , Petar , 1487-1582 , Croatian nobleman
Goy , E D , fl 1979 , Croatian scholar

Petar Hektorovic (1487-1582), was a Croatian nobleman and well known figure in sixteenth century Croatian literature. He lived on the island of Hvar which was at that time under Venetian rule but was under threat from invasion by the Ottoman Empire which had conquered most of South-Eastern Europe at that time.

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Translation of "Ribanje I ribarsko prigovaranje" [Fishing and fishermans' conversation] by E D Goy. This work is one of the few surviving pieces by Petar Hektorovic. It is an account of a three day fishing trip taken by Hektorovic around his home island of Hvar, Croatia. It was written in 1556 and first published in 1568. It is written in the form of an epistle addressed to Hektorovic's cousin and director of Hvar's school, Jerome Bartuchevich Hektorovic.

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Unrestricted access. Researchers wishing to consult the archives or seeking further information should contact UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) Library, 16 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Librarian.
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On-line summary guide available on the SSEES website.

The SSEES Library also holds the papers of Stephen Clissold (Ref CLI), which contain a file of notes on Hektorovic, and the Palavestra Collection (Ref PAL), which contains translations by E D Goy of several works by Predrag Palavestra.

This translation was published as Goy, E D "Ribanje I ribarsko prigovaranje" [Fishing and fishermen's conversation] in "BC Review" no 15, 1979
Revised by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G), 2nd edition 2000 and National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Sept 2002 Croatia Eastern Europe European literature Goy , E D , fl 1979 , Croatian scholar Hektorovic , Petar , 1487-1582 , Croatian nobleman and writer Hvar National literatures

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Translation of "Ribanje I ribarsko prigovaranje" [Fishing and fishermans' conversation] by E D Goy. This work is one of the few surviving pieces by Petar Hektorovic. It is an account of a three day fishing trip taken by Hektorovic around his home island of Hvar, Croatia. It was written in 1556 and first published in 1568. It is written in the form of an epistle addressed to Hektorovic's cousin and director of Hvar's school, Jerome Bartuchevich Hektorovic.

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Unrestricted access. Researchers wishing to consult the archives or seeking further information should contact UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) Library, 16 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Librarian.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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The SSEES Library also holds the papers of Stephen Clissold (Ref CLI), which contain a file of notes on Hektorovic, and the Palavestra Collection (Ref PAL), which contains translations by E D Goy of several works by Predrag Palavestra.

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On-line summary guide available on the SSEES website.

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School of Slavonic and East European Studies

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G), 2nd edition 2000 and National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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