TESTIMONIES ENGRAVED IN STONE – TOMBS AND GRAVE INSCRIPTIONS OF PEOPLE FROM THE BAY OF KOTOR, BUDVA AND BAR IN VENICE AND ON THE ISLANDS OF THE VENETIAN LAGOON (16th – 19th CENTURY)

U uvodnome dijelu rada donose se opći podatci o iseljavanjima stanovnika iz Boke kotorske, Budve i Bara u Mletke u širem vremenskom razdoblju od kasnoga srednjeg vijeka do početka 19. stoljeća. Posvjedočenje njihove iznimno važne uloge u povijesti hrvatske prekojadranske zajednice izravno je iskazano kroz brojna arhivska vrela, ali i postojanjem grobnica i nadgrobnih spomenika diljem samoga grada, kao i na otocima mletačke lagune. U drugome dijelu rada raščlanjuje se spolna, zavičajna i profesionalna struktura Bokelja, Budvana i Barana, čije su grobnice nekoć opstojale (ili još i danas opstoje) u Mlecima i na susjednim otocima. Razmatra se razmještaj grobnica prema mletačkim predjelima i otocima, a u središnjemu dijelu rada donosi se njihov pregled uz sažeto objašnjenje o osobama i obiteljima koje su u Mlecima dale podići svoje posljednje počivalište.In the introductory part of this article the authors deliver general information about exodus of people from Boka kotorska (Bay of Kotor), Budva and Bar to Venice during considerably long period from the late Middle Ages up to the beginning of the nineteenth century. This part of Croatian immigration to Venice was particularly strong, and many data about it is preserved in the Venetian State Archives (Archivio di Stato di Venezia). By the same token, tombstones of these immigrants additionally testify about their social status and economic possibilities; particularly tombstone inscriptions ordered by people from the Bay of Kotor, Budva and Bar that can be found in many Venetian churches in the city and on the nearby islands of the Lagoon. The authors have analyzed in detail gender, native and professional structures of these immigrants, whose sepulchers remained in Venice and on the nearby islands. Furthermore, the authors have discussed positions and locations of these graves according to the system of Venetian city quarters (Castello, S. Marco and Cannareggio), as well as on the islands (S. Servolo and S. Michele). Additionally, in the core part of the article one can find a catalogue of all the analyzed tombs with necessary explanations about the families and persons who have ordered them