“Archivium comunis Jadre” in the 14th Century

Rad obrađuje način čuvanja pisane građe u našim srednjovjekovnim dalmatinskim komunama s posebnim osvrtom na Zadar. Budući da je Zadarski statut kao glavni izvor podataka izgubljen, u literaturi se pri opisu tradicije čuvanja spisa u našim srednjovjekovnim komunama taj grad do sada preskakao. Stoga je analogijom s ostalim dalmatinskim statutima obavljeno istraživanje i utvrđeno da su se i u Zadru u XIV. st. spisi čuvali na skoro istovjetan način kao i u drugim komunama. Posebnu potvrdu za to pruža podatak otkriven u Državnom arhivu u Zadru koji 1390. godine spominje zadarski komunalni arhiv (archivium comunis Jadre). To je ujedno i prvi spomen riječi “arhiv” na hrvatskim prostorima. Stoga je posebna analiza posvećena uzrocima njegove pojave i definiranju naziva.The article deals with the manner that written materials were stored in Croatian Medieval Dalmatian communes with a special description of Zadar. Because the statute of Zadar, as the main source of data, has been lost, when the description of the tradition of storing documents in Croatian Medieval communes is tackled in literature this city has been skipped. Because of this research has been undertaken and by way of analogy with the remaining Dalmatian statutes it has been established that documents in Zadar during the 14th century were stored in the same manner as in other communes. Specific confirmation for this is provided by the finding in the State Archive in Zadar where in 1390 we find mention of the Zadar communal archive (“archivium comunis Jadre”). This is at the same time the first mention of the word “archive” in Croatia. Therefore a special analysis is devoted to the causes of this phenomenon and to the definition of the terminology