Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 16th century - 18th century (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
64 volumes; 1.9 linear metres; textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
The Wine office was run by three nobles, who were occasionally joined by three other noble senators. The office charged a tax on the sale of wine (gabella de vinni), prevented the smuggling of wine and controlled the planting of vines. Planting control was managed by temporarily appointed commissions. Namely, in order to stimulate the cultivation of food grains, the authorities of the Republic limited the planting of vines and excessively planted vines were being destroyed. Measures for wine and wine prices were also controlled, and this work was performed by justizieri (supervisors of measures and weights).
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. The books remained in the Rector’s Palace after the fall of the Republic (1808). In 1891, the archives were consolidated and became available to researchers. The archive in the Rector's Palace has been functioning as an independent institution since 1920 and it was dislocated to the Sponza Palace in 1952, where it is still located today.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds does not contain any data on Jews.
The fonds consists of registers covering the period from the 16th to the beginning of the 19th century, which were kept by the Wine Office and a commission in charge of controlling the planting of vines. The registers contain entries on cutting of the over-planted grape vines, on taxes on wine (gabella de vinni), data on wine smuggling and similar information (related to wine harvesting).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
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 Dubrovniku and Zakon o arhivskom gradivu i arhivima NN 61/18).
Conditions governing reproduction
Taking photographs and scanning are allowed, for a fee.
Language of material
- Italian
- Latin
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Paper. The archival material is well preserved.
Finding aids
Građa za generalni katalog Državnog arhiva u Dubrovniku, box 17, folder 27. Josip Gelčić,»Catalogus i. r. Archivii Ragusini.« Glasnik Zemaljskog muzeja u Bosni i Hercegovini 22 (1910): 537-588.
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.
Related units of description
Publication note
Konstantin Vojnović, »Carinski sustav republike dubrovačke.« Rad JAZU 129 (1896): 90-171. Bogdan Krizman, »'Memoire' Bara Bettere austrijskom generalu T. Milutinoviću o dubrovačkoj republici iz 18 Nenad Vekarić, »Broj stanovnika Dubrovačke Republike u 15, 16. i 17. stoljeću.« Anali Zavoda za povijesne znanosti HAZU u Dubrovniku 29 (1991): 7-22. 15. godine.« (Résumé: 'Memoire' de Baro Bettera adressé a general austrichien T. Milutinović sur la Republique de Raguse et datant de 1815) Anali Historijskog instituta JAZU u Dubrovniku 1 (1952): 423-464.
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Old reference code
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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).
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
2021
Language(s)
- English
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Sources
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