Charter of Ban Kulin

Charter of Ban Kulin
Copy B of the Charter of Ban Kulin.
Original title	Povelja Kulina bana/Повеља Кулина бана
Created	29 August 1189
Commissioned by	Ban Kulin
Author(s)	scribe Radoje
Subject	Ragusan trade rights in the Banate of Bosnia
Purpose	trade agreement

The Charter of Ban Kulin (Serbo-Croatian: Povelja Kulina bana/Повеља Кулина бана) was a trade agreement between the Banate of Bosnia and the Republic of Ragusa that effectively regulated Ragusan trade rights in Bosnia, written on 29 August 1189. It is one of the oldest written state documents in the Balkans.

According to the charter, Bosnian Ban Kulin promises to knez Krvaše and all the people of Dubrovnik full freedom of movement and trading across his country. The charter is written in two languages: Latin and an old form of Shtokavian dialect (Serbo-Croatian), with the Bosnian part being a loose translation of the Latin original. The scribe was named as Radoje, and the script is Bosnian Cyrillic (Bosančica).

The Charter is the first diplomatic document written in the old Bosnian language and represents the oldest work written in the Bosnian Cyrillic script (Bosančica). As such, it is of particular interest to both linguists and historians.

comiti Geruasio ⁊ oĩbꝰ raguseis rectũ amicũ fore p̱petuo ⁊ rec
tã nobiscũ pacem manutenë ⁊ amicitiã uerã. ⁊ õs raguseos p̱
totã t̃rã nr̃ã ãbulãtes, mercantes, seu habitãtes ꝉ trãseuntes
recta fide ⁊ cõscientia uera recipere absq’ ulla datione. nisi qͥs
suã p̱ volũtatẽ mͥ donũ dare uoluerit. ⁊ aput nos dũ fuerĩt
manutenere ⁊ cõsiliũ eis p̈bere ut nr̃e p̱sone ad nr̃m posse
absq’ fraude ⁊ malo īgenjo sic me ds̃ adiuunet ⁊ hec sc̃a. iiijor euã
gelia.

сьньски:кꙋлиньприсеꙁаютебѣ:к
нежекр꙯ьвашꙋ:ивьсѣмьграꙉамь·
дꙋбровьчамь·правыприѣтельбыти
вамь:ѡⷣьселѣ:идовѣка·иправь·гои
др꙯ьжатисьвамы:иправꙋвѣрꙋ:докол
ѣсьмьживь:вьсидꙋбровьчанекир
еходе:помоемꙋвладанию:тр꙯ьгꙋю
ке:гьдѣсикьтохокекрѣвати:год꙯ѣс
иктомине:правовьвѣровь:иправ
имьср꙯ьцемь:др꙯ьжатие·беꙁьвьса
коеꙁьледи:раꙁвѣщомикьтода
своиовь:воловьпоклонь:идаим
ьнебꙋде:ѡⷣьмоихьчестьниковь
силе:идоколѣ:ꙋменебꙋдꙋ:дати
имьсьвѣть:ипомокь:какореис
ебѣ:коликоремоге:беꙁьвьсегаꙁь
логапримьсьла:такомиб꙯ьпо
магаи:исиест꙯оⷷваньꙉелие:ѣрадⷪ
е:диѣкьбань:писахьсиюкнигꙋ
повеловь:бановь:ѡⷣьрожⷷствахв꙯
тисꙋка:исьто:иѡсьмьдесеть:ид
еветьлѣть:мѣсецаавьгꙋста:
ꙋдьвадесети:идеветидн꙯ь·ꙋсѣче
ниеглавеиѡванакр꙯ститла:

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