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Blažina, Vesna, Philippus de Diversis, Description of the Illustrious City of Dubrovnik: A Unique 15th-Century Urban Record, Leiden, Brill (The Medieval Mediterranean, 148), 2026, 204 pp.

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This is the first English-language translation of the description of 15th-century Dubrovnik by the humanist Philippus de Diversis, written in 1440. The text provides a unique account of all aspects of urban life; it is unusual in that it includes themes which were not usually found in city praises, such as the plague control measures (since 1377) and the functioning of public offices. Diversis' aim was to describe “the honour and the reputation of the city of Dubrovnik, which through his endeavour was to last forever”. His work is documentary, literary, and personal, and as this edition testifies, it is still read and admired six centuries later.

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