Camoenae Hungaricae 3(2006) - Irodalomtörténeti Közlemények

The publication I recommend in the light of all the foregoing would have a tripartite
division, under the collective Latin titles: I. Projecta, II. Notitiae and III. Acta.
The Projecta are the theoretical treatises deemed very important by Raffaella Gherardi,
109 concerned with the efficient administration of territories already recaptured or yet
to be recaptured from the Turks and sketch out the idea of the operation of the central
power. The papers to be published:
– Proietto per formare un Gabinetto utile ad un Ministro di Stato; 110
– Proietto d’un Gabinetto di libri e mappe; 111
– Proietto per formare una esatta libreria. 112
This would be augmented by a selection of documents from volume 58 (Diversi progetti
di pace fra li due imperi) which, as we mentioned earlier, treats the specific issues
of administration in the aftermath of the peace treaty.
The second part, Notitiae, would be subdivided into two further parts:
– The first part would contain the “basic texts” produced between 1690 and 1702,
through editing volumes 108 and 28 together (Descrittione naturale, civile e militare
delle Misie, Dacie e Illirico; Monarchia Ungarica in sua regna, principatus et ducatus
divisa).
– The second part would present those documents that were produced in the course of
the border survey and in collaboration with Vitezović—i.e. most of volume 103 (Documenta
rerum Croaticarum et Transylvanicarum) of the Bologna Collection, texts pertaining
to Croatia, Serbia and Transylvania—as well as writings of Vitezović already
published elsewhere as they merit, in my opinion, republication—the Epitome historicum
regni Hungariae from volume 19—or its Italian version, the Compendio, from volume
117—and finally the brief historical treatise in volume 70, the Epitome della ribellione
dell’Ungheria.
The third part, Acta, would follow the original concept for the Acta executionis pacis.
The subdivisions would be as follows:
– Acta pacis Carlowicensis (vol. 16).
– Plenipotenza ed istruzione Cesarea per la commissione dei confini con i rescritti
pure Cesarei riportati nel stabilimento de’ medesimi, 1699–1701 (this is contained in
vol. 62 and its publication is imperative since Gherardi did not publish the replies Marsili
received to his reports and dispatches to the Emperor).
– Correspondence—the most important selection criteria for the letters is a list of correspondence
in volume 70, in which Marsili himself recorded the dates and senders of
letters important from the perspective of the border survey. This might also be the place
to publish the correspondence with the heads of the Venetian and Turkish delegations as
well as missives written by Transylvanian and Croatian aristocrats, ecclesiastical dignitaries
and government officials (mostly from vols. 63 and 64).
109
GHERARDI 1980, op. cit., 424–430; ID., Introduzione, in: Relazioni, I, 12–17.
110
BUB Ms 421.
111
BUB Ms 90, fasc. C, 124–127.
112
BUB Ms 85, fasc. G.
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