Inventories of the Liturgical Equipment of Zadar Cathedral from the Last Quarter of the 16th Century

Abstract

The paper briefly presents the small volume containing the oldest known inventories of liturgical equipment of Zadar Cathedral of St Anastasia, compiled between 1575 and 1593 (today in the Archives of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Zagreb). In addition to providing an exhaustive picture of liturgical vestments, hangings, silverware, books, and utilitarian objects, for the most part kept in the sacristy, the records also contain information regarding the custody of the cathedral property, and some of them even specific information about the places and times of use of these objects, as well as the building itself (e.g. the altars). The appendices contain the full text of all inventories and an older document that was subsequently inserted into the volume: transcript of a verdict of Zadar’s rector from 1558 in favour of the Zadar chapter.