ARHIVSKI VJESNIK 37. (ZAGREB, 1994.)

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I. Mustać, Osvrt na povijesni razvoj zaštite arhivske građe... Arh. vjesn., god. 37(1994) str. 19-23 Republic of Dubrovnik, small by its volume, but very valuable by its content, are conserved in the continuity present very seldom in history of the world. It's not so strange if we have in mind very rigid rules of conservation, sanctions which regulate the violation of those rules and the most responsible relations towards the written word in this area. Along with the systematical conservation of the archives, the Republic of Dubrovnik also introduced very early the special service for binding and restauration of the old documents and archival books. There were nominated the special employees in charge of the care for notary and office registries; the rooms for the storage of the archives were arranged and was made impossible to take the material out of those rooms. The government of Dubrovnik had taken care of copying of the registers more damaged. All those measures had made possible the above mentioned integrity of the conserved archives of Republic of Dubrovnik in the quantity of 650 ml. Translated by Ivan Dovranić 23