Brinje: postojbina knezova Krčkih - Frankapana i brinjska glagoljska baština
Brinje: The Home of the Counts of Krk – the Frankopans and the Glagolitic Heritage of Brinje

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, the origin and history of the counts of Krk – the Frankopans are given in detail, as well as a more detailed history of the Brinje Frankopan lineage, which ended the history of this famous Croatian noble family. This paper highlights one part of the lesser-known Frankopan, especially Glagolitic, heritage of the town of Brinje and its region, which was the residential centre of the most powerful counts of Krk, later Frankopan: Count Anž (Ivan) V. and Count Mikula (Nikola) IV. and which was later managed by the Brinje, i.e. Tržac, branch of the Frankopans. The figure of Countess Jelža (Elizabeta), the widow of Count Bartol IX, the founder of the Brinje lineage and the mother of Count Anž (Ivan) VIII, is especially outlined, as well as the work of Count Anž (Ivan) VIII. of Brinje, otherwise a controversial historical figure. He often did not choose the means and method in the struggle for his property and survival, however, he did leave a significant mark in the Glagolitic documents of the 15th century. Unfortunately, Count Anž (Ivan) VIII is overlooked in the lexicographical literature, which is certainly a great pity. Also shown is the Glagolitic inscription from the grave of Count Matijaš Čubranić, who was in the service of Count Anž (Ivan) VIII, as well as the Glagolitic documents of the Augustinian monastery of St Mary in Brinje and the Pauline monastery of St Nicholas at Gvozd near Modruš. This provides a new perspective of Count Anž (Ivan) VIII, as well as of Brinje, today somewhat forgotten by the public as an important centre of the old Frankopan state and one of the centres of Croatian Glagolitic literacy.

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