The Chapter of Zagreb as the Locus Credibilis in the First Half of the13th Century : The Chancery Charters and Their Linguistic Analysis

U ovom radu prikazat će se uloga Zagrebačkog kaptola, konkretno obilježja kanonika i svrha njihovih poslova, dok se istovremeno daje naglasak na ispravama pisanih na latinskom jeziku u prvoj polovici 13. stoljeća. Rad će ukazati na izgled isprava, kakva im je bila temeljna odrednica te za koga su one bile najčešće izdavane. Osim samih isprava i njihovih različitosti, naglasak se daje i na mjesto gdje su isprave nastale, točnije, opis kancelarija i način rada od samog početka njihova nastanka. Tko su bili pisari, lektori i zašto su bitni za Zagrebački kaptol. Donosi se objašnjenje pojma „locus credibilis“, značaj tokom stoljeća rada i razvoja Zagrebačkog kaptola. Važan aspekt zauzima latinski jezik, kojeg nikako ne možemo izostaviti jer je stoljećima igrao važnu ulogu za povijest, kulturu i obrazovanje hrvatskog čovjeka.This paper will present the role of the Zagreb Chapter, specifically the characteristics of canons and the purpose of their work, while at the same time emphasizing documents written in Latin in the first half of the 13th century. The paper will indicate the appearance of documents, what their basic determinant was and for whom they were most often issued. In addition to the documents were created, more precisely, the description of the offices and the way of working from the very beggining of their creation. Who were the scribes, lectores and why are they important for the Zagreb Chapter. An explanation of the term „locus credibilis“ is given, the significance during the century of work and development of the Zagreb Chapter. An important aspect is occupied by the Latin language, which we can by no means omit because it has played an important role for the history, culture and education of the Croatian people for centuries