164 Endnotes 105 Prijatelj interprets this name as Dubrovnik and as Urban’s place of residence. Prijatelj, Perisitil, 1993, p. 143 106 “ornamento”; “the most common term for framing parts of altarpieces” and “the word used in woodworkers´ contracts to describe the carved, architectural structures that were to be created specifically in order to be erected on altars.” See: Michelle O´Malley, The business of art – Contracts and the Commissioning Process in Renaissance Italy. New Haven, London 2005; p. 29 107 Most difficult to understand is the meaning of the term empty scudo. Scudo actually means “coats of arms”, next to the name of a coin at the time. According to the Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, Vol. 18, p. 331, scudo could also be an obsolete term for a rectangular frame on the stern of a ship, on which the owners name and coat of arms and the like were inscribed. Thus, rectangular framed recesses ore three openings within the “ornamentum altaris” could be meant here. https://www.gdli.it/pdf_viewer/Scripts/pdf. js/web/viewer.asp?file=/PDF/GDLI18/GDLI_18_ocr_338.pdf&parola=scudo 108 This passage is difficult: “per medium altitudinis” would be “at half height”, but it obviously says “pro” and not “per” and, in addition, the assignment of “altitudinis” to “medium” lacks a reference value for the following figures. And the height (“altitudinis”) is then also measured for the two lateral openings. However, “pro medium” is somewhat difficult grammatically; only the context with the later mention of right and left suggests that the centre in a horizontal plane is intended here. Obviously, a division into 3 segments is described here, whereby a higher middle segment is symmetrically flanked by two lower segments. 109 “typram” seems to be a spelling mistake in the document, it should probably mean “typam”, which is perhaps a by-form of “typus”. This would be the template, “graphidis” possibly indicating a graphic template, perhaps a type of drawn modello 110 The calculation with historical measurements is a complex matter, as it requires knowledge of the relevant historical ratio and the measurement system referred to in the contract. For the foot (stopa) of Dubrovnik see: Goran Nikšić, Marko Andrijić – egregius et prudens magister. Korčula 2022; p. 60
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