Retables on the Croatian Island Lopud

150 Appendix I one for the centre (? 108) with a height of three feet and three ounces and a width of two feet and eight ounces and in the other two, to the right and to the left, with a height of four and a half feet and a width of one foot and two ounces, for each of the two, namely for the church of Our Lady of Bissone on the middle island [Lopud], in the right proportions and with the decorations appropriate to the work of his art, according to the shape and drawn model(?109). In my presence as public notary (cancellarius), 72 ducats were handed over to the same Master Urban by the aforementioned Blasius and [the contract] signed. With the information given in the contract the shape of the agreed object remains unclear, this might have been specified verbally or within a drawn modello. As pigment and goldleaf are not mentioned here it is obvious, that a separate contract with a painter or indoradori had existed. It is also astonishing that the contract makes no reference to the subject matter of the work. To facilitate further interpretations the given dimensions were calculated: Foot of Ragusa: 0,341m = 12 ounces / one ounce 2,84cm110 given dimension 1 foot 34,1cm 1 ounce 2,84cm calculated dimension (rounded) 13 feet length 4,43m 8,33 feet width 2,73m 0,14m 2,87m 3 feet 3 ounces 1,02m 0,085m 1,10m 2 feet 8 ounces 0,682m 0,227m 0,90m 4,5 feet 1,364m 0,1705m 1,54m 1 foot 2 ounces 0,341m 0,057m 0,40m

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