The scientific monograph presents the first in-depth scientific analysis of the problem of "foibe”, drawing on documentation, research and analytical study of the previously unknown primary archival documents, located mainly in foreign archival institutions (particularly in London and Washington), as well as a number of other sources.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1694931
The article presents how olive oil production was, together salt making, wine growing, wine production and fishery, one of the main branches of the Istrian economy throughout the period of the Venetian Republic. The author sheds light on the olive oil production, trade, sale, taxation and smuggling, the volume of which could be even six times higher than that of legal trade.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1611475
The article offers an insight into the socio-demographic structure of the Trieste Territory, i.e. the rural part of the Trieste municipal area, at the end of the 1770s, when this area was affected by major changes brought about by the rapid development of the Trieste maritime emporium. The presentation is based on a statistical analysis of population registers formed during military conscription 1777/1778.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1638099
The author presents in the article the forms of hoof-knives usd for cleaning and trimming of horse hooves. Their form remained unchained from the Early Iron Age to the modern period. The author demonstrates the oldest depictions on situlae art, examples discovered on roman sites and modern pieces. The aticle shows how a simple yet functional tool remained unchanged for more than 2.500 years.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1733843
The article deals with two of the best preserved examples of the Dance of Death in Europe, more specifically in the Mediterranean - Istrian monuments in the Church of St Mary near Beram and in the Church of the Holy Trinity in Hrastovlje. The Dance of the Dead with representatives of all social estates reflects the symbolism of the carnival celebration in which the status differences between people are blurred and what is at the bottom of the social hierarchy is now at the top and vice versa.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1587411