Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 16th century -18th century (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
30 volumes; 4 linear metres; textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
The Office for Maritime Affairs or the Office for the Supervision of Navigation was founded in 1745, at the time of a new increase of maritime affairs in the Dubrovnik Republic. It appears in archival sources under different following names: Officio ... »
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The fonds has been linked to the archive since its inception. In times of the Dubrovnik Republic, the books of the fonds were stored in the Rector’s Palace where they remained even after the fall of the Republic. The archives were consolidated by 1891 ... »
Content and structure area
System of arrangement
The fonds consists of series: Venditiones cartorum (HR-DADU-56.1), Patenta concessiones navigationis et renovationes concessionum (HR-DADU-56.2), Litterae Officii navigationis (HR-DADU-56.3), Intentiones navigationis (HR-DADU-56.4), Apolitiae onerum (HR-... »
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
The fonds is fully accessible to researchers in accordance with the Ordinance on the work in the reading room of the State Archives in Dubrovnik and the Law on Archival Materials and Archives NN 61/18 (Pravilnik o radu u čitaonici Državnog arhiva u ... »
Conditions governing reproduction
Taking photographs and scanning are allowed, for a fee.
Language of material
- Croatian
- Italian
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
Croatian (Slavic language)
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Paper. The archival material is well preserved.
Finding aids
Građa za generalni katalog Državnog arhiva u Dubrovniku, box 18, folder 9.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
State Archives in Dubrovnik
Existence and location of copies
The fonds has been completely transferred to microfilms, but the microfilms are not available to the users of archives.
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Old reference code
Description control area
Rules and/or conventions used
Descriptions of fonds, series and sub-series are made according to the ISAD (G) standard (general international standard archival description)
Dates of creation revision deletion
2021
Language(s)
- English
Archivist's note
Description prepared by Vesna Miović (Fonds, Series, Subseries) Croatia [The Institute for Historical Sciences in Dubrovnik, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (CASA)] Translation to English by Zrinka Friganović Sain