Arms of René d’Anjou on Šipan

Nach Bericht des Conservators Gelcich befindet sich auf der Insel San Giorgio di Giuppana ein Feld, bis jetzt campo di renato genannt nach einem Könige von Neapel, der sich nach seiner Thronentsagung auf diese Insel zurückzog und ein Schloss bewohnte, das auf diesem Felde lag, wovon jedoch jede Spur verloren gegangen ist. Ein einziges Erinnerungsstück blieb in einem Wappensteine der Renato, der der Familie Valitic gehört und für dessen Conservirung Seitens des Conservators Schritte gethan werden. Das gekrönte Wappen in einem zugespitzten Schilde ist in acht Felder getheilt, je vier nebeneinander. Das erste ist fünfmal horizontal getheilt, das zweite, dritte und fünfte mit heraldischen Lilien bestreut, im vierten das Kreuz von Jerusalem, im sechsten und siebenten ein aufrechter Delphin begleitet von vier Kreuzen, im achten ein schrägrechter Balken, darin drei gestümmelte Adler. Am Spruchbande der in das 16. bis 17. Jahrhundert gehörigen Sculptur die Worte: Renatus.rex.justus.

According to the report of the Conservator Gelcich, there is a field on the island of San Giorgio di Giuppana, formerly called campo di renato, after a king of Naples, who retired to this island after his abdication and lived in a castle lying on this field, of which however, every trace has been lost. A single memento remained in a coat of arms of Renato, owned by the Valitic family, and steps were taken for its preservation by the Conservator. The crowned coat of arms in a pointed shield is divided into eight squares, four next to each other. The first is divided five times horizontally, the second, third and fifth are sprinkled with heraldic lilies, in the fourth the cross of Jerusalem, in the sixth and seventh an upright dolphin accompanied by four crosses, in the eighth an oblique beam, in it three mutilated eagles. On the banner of the 16th-17th century sculpture the words: Renatus.rex.justus.

Na kući pok. Vice Vuletića jest ogromni grb-štit. Nad njime je kruna, a polje je razdjeljeno vodoravno na dvoje. U gornjoj je strani s desne križ, uza nj četiri maljušna, ovako napravljena.

U sriedi je do šest redova kao francuskijeh liljana, redom po dva, po tri, i t. d.

U donjoj je česti, s desne, popriečno pâs, a na njemu tri grabežljine ptice.

Po sriedi su dvije pliskavice (delfina) glavama uz gori. Uza nje je šest križa kao onaj gori, t. j. jedan kod repova, a uz njega dva druga, a sa strane ostala tri.

S lieve je strane petnaest, kao francuskieh liljana (mogli bi biti i šestoperci), u porednom smjeru.

Izpod grba je vrpca, a na njoj:

RENATVS · REX · IVSTVS ·

Kažu mi, da je rečeni grb bio prenešen iz baštine zvane na Renatovu.^{[Gelcich 1882]}

On the house of the late Vice Vuletić there is a huge coat of arms-shield. Above it there is a crown, and the field is divided horizontally into two. On the upper right there is a cross, with four tiny crosses next to it, made like this:

In the middle there are up to six rows of French lilies, in rows of two, then three, and so on.

In the lower row … on the right, there is an oblique sash, and on it three birds of prey.

In the middle of the row there are two dolphins with heads facing upwards. Around them there are six crosses, like the ones mentioned above, i.e. one next to the tail, two other next to it, and the rest of three aside.

On the left of the row there are fifteen French lilies (maybe disposed hexagonally), in lines.

Under the arms there is a banner and on it:

RENATUS · REX · JUSTUS ·

I was told that the said coat of arms was transferred here from the place called Renatovo. ^{[Gelcich 1882]}

Starinski nadpis na Šipanu.

Na jednoj kučici, u pročelju, s desne strane ulaza u malu luku Sugjurgja na otoku Šipanu, nalazi se u dobrom stanju uzidan grb, koji nosi križ i evjetove, sa sliedećim urezanim nadpisom:

RENATVS REX IVSTVS
REX GALLICORVM
IN EXILIVM PVLSVS

Nema više datum-a, pošto mi velečastni župnik g. Goravica pripoviedi, da je publicista Evans g. 1878 nabavio donju stranu grba, koji se drugdje nalazio, da ju ponese u London, da služi Britanskom Muzeju. Tako fali najbolja strana grba, te sada treba iztraživati u poviesti dogadjaj, koji je onim nadpisom ovjekovječen.

An antique inscription on Šipan.

On one of the little houses, on its facade, to the right of the entrance to the small port of Suđurađ on the island of Šipan, is a well-built coat-of-arms, bearing a cross and flowers, with the inscription engraved below:

RENATVS REX IVSTVS = René the righteous king
REX GALLICORVM = King of the French
IN EXILIVM PVLSVS = Sent into exile

There are no longer any dates, since the Reverend Goravica recounts that the journalist Evans in 1878 acquired a lower part of the coat of arms, which was separate, to take it to London for the British Museum. So the best part of the coat of arms is missing, and now it has to be traced to a historical event, which was commemorated by that inscription.

Long historical account, quoting from Gelcich ^[1887], Valla ^[1896], Weiss ^[1870], omitted.

Pošto se u bitnosti slaže sa Diplomatarium ^[1887] obširnije povijedanje Dr. Weissa ^[1870], to se dade pomisliti, da je taj nadpis od dobe drugog progonstva Renata, jer da je od prvoga sužanjstva Senat bi ga bio doista spomenuo Banu, dočim drugo trajalo je mnogo godinah, te je vjerojatno, da iz Floreneije, upoznav Dubrovčane, preseli se na Šipan za koje vrieme, te onda se povrati u domovinu i umri u Aixu, kako Dr. Weiss navadja.

Svakako je taj nadpis veoma zanimiv, te bi vriedno bilo, da ga se još bolje prouči, a pod svaku cienu spasi i sačuva, da ga koji drugi putnik nekupi svega, poput Evansa. koji je sobom podnožje ponio.

Gornjem tumačenja ponešto smeta, što se navadja: Rex Gallicorum. Ako se pak promisli, da Renat može se reći nije u Napulju niti zavladao dobro, dade se tumačiti lahko da je pridržao svoj naslov obiteljski, pošto toliko Napulj, koliko Sicilija bijahu od Anžuinacah i od Aragonacah smatrani ne kao poschna samostalna kraljestva, nogo kao leni, tako da bi ih pridružili svojoj kraljevini po lozi, kako se iz poviesti onog vremena razumije.

As more extensive storytelling by Dr. Weiss ^[1870] essentially agrees with the Diplomatarium ^[1887], then one might think that this inscription was from the time of René’s second exile, because if he had been from the first slavery, the Senate would have really mentioned it to the Ban. The second exile lasted many years and it is probable that from Florence, having met people from Dubrovnik, he moved to Sipan for a while, and then returned to his homeland and died in Aix, as Dr. Weiss states.

Certainly this inscription is very interesting, and it would be worth studying it even further, and at any cost save and preserve it, so that another tourist does not buy it whole, like Evans, who took with him the part below.

The above interpretation raises difficulties, which states: Rex Gallicorum. If, however, René could be said to have neither reigned in Naples nor reigned well, it would be easy to interpret that he kept his title for family reasons, since as many of Naples as Sicilians were considered by the Anjuvians and Aragonians not as separate independent kingdoms but as fiefdoms, so that they would be joined to their kingdom by lineage, as is understood from the history of that time.

Fatta quindi di necessità virtù, rinunciando alla visita tanto desiderata, ci siamo dovuti accontentare di quelle informazioni che in proposito ci diedero persone degne di fede, e che ora togliamo dal nostro vecchio libricino, corredandole di alcune osservazioni e note opportune.

Ne’ possessi della famiglia Vuletich di Ragusa, situati in quel di Giuppana, sulla cima del colle di S. Giorgio v’ ha un sito, che per lunga, secolare, antichissima tradizione è detto da quegli isolani: „Na Renatovo,“ e vi si trovano avanzi d’ un grande fabbricato, che poteva ben essere palazzo signorile, o altro ragguardevole edificio, perchè le traccie rimaste ancora, sono tuttavia prova di un’ ampiezza e di una solidità non comune nelle solite abitazioni villereccie.

... Ma, ciò che di questa curiosissima storia, è più degno d’attenzione, dicesi che v’ erano pure inscrizioni, fra cui, da’ nostri informatori si ricordavano due specialmente; ma che sul sito primitivo più non si trovano, perchè vendute dall’ amministratore del possesso signor Zec, nell’ anno 1882 al noto corrispondente balcanico de’ giornali inglesi, signor Evans, ... Uno di questi frammenti venduti diceva:

„RENATUS REX JUSTUS.“

e l’ altro che pure per virtù di pochi scellini prese la via di Londra portava la scritta:

„RENATUS REX GALLICORUM IN EXILIUM PULSUS.“

La storia nostra, a quanto finora ne sappiamo, non dice che un re Renato Gallico, fossesi giammai rifugiato in questi paesi, cacciato dal trono in esilio, e perciò quando si principiò a vociferare di queste due lapidi storiche, trafugate così facilmente ed a buon mercato, ad onta delle leggi vigilanti sul patrimonio de’ nostri monumenti, si dubitò assai che la cosa fosse vera; ma poi, quando in prova furono mostrate le copie delle scritte, rilevate da persone, come abbiamo detto, degnissime di fede, la cosa parve quanto mai interessante e degna d’ esser segnalata a chi può metterla nella sua giusta luce storica.

Da noi però non fu pubblicato ancora nulla che possa giustamente spiegare questo curioso rebus storico, se si eccettui un breve cenno del signor V. Milić, emerito presidente del Tribunale di Ragusa, pubblicato nel „Bollettino di Storia ed Archeologia Dalmata“ nell’ anno 1898; ...

Having therefore made a virtue of necessity, giving up the longed-for visit, we had to content ourselves with the information given to us by people worthy of faith, and which we now take from our old notebook, adding some observations and appropriate notes.

In the possessions of the Vuletich family of Ragusa, located in that of Giuppana, on the top of the hill of S. Giorgio there is a site, which by long, centuries-old, ancient tradition is called by those islanders: “Na Renatovo,” and there are remains of a large building, which could have been a noble palace, or another remarkable building, because the traces still remaining, however, are proof of a breadth and solidity not common in the usual rustic dwellings.

... But, what is most worthy of attention in this curious story, is that there were also inscriptions, among which, our informants remembered two especially; but that most cannot be found on the original site, because [they were] sold by the owner of the possession Mr. Zec, in the year 1882 to the well-known Balkan correspondent of the English newspapers, Mr. Evans, ... One of these fragments sold said:

“RENATUS REX JUSTUS.”

and the other which by virtue of a few shillings took the road to London bore the inscription:

“RENATUS REX GALLICORUM IN EXILIUM PULSUS.”

Our history, as far as we know, does not say that a king Renato Gallico, having never been a refugee in these countries, was expelled from the throne in exile, and therefore when rumours surfaced of these two historic stones, stolen so easily and inexpensively, in spite of the vigilant laws on the heritage of our monuments, it was very doubtful that the thing was true; but then, when the copies of the inscriptions were shown as proof, taken by people, as we have said, very worthy of faith, it seemed very interesting and worthy of being reported to those who can put it in its right historical light.

However, nothing has yet been published that could rightly explain this curious historical puzzle, except for a brief mention of Mr. V. Milić, emeritus president of the Court of Ragusa, published in the "Dalmatian History and Archeology Bulletin" in the year 1898 ...

Long account omitted.

De’ quattro anni di regno dell’Angioino, benché cadano nel periodo della più feconda e vivace attività commerciale di Ragusi, non vi sono trattati d’amicizia politica o di reciproci patti commerciali, ... Ma abbondano invece i documenti ed i patti cogli Aragonesi, che più di alleati erano poi diventati protettori sinceri ed affettuosi della repubblica; ed in questi documenti non sarebbero mancati i lagni e le proteste, se il senato ragusino avesse dato rifugio a Renato, fieramente perseguitato da Alfonso e da’ suoi aderenti.

Of the four years of the reign of the Angevins, although they fall in the period of the most fruitful and lively commercial activity of the Ragusans, there are no treaties on political friendship or reciprocal commercial agreements, ... But the documents and pacts with the Aragonese abound, but more than allies they had then become sincere and affectionate protectors of the republic; and in these documents the complaints and protests would not have been lacking, if the Ragusa Senate had given refuge to René, fiercely persecuted by Alfonso and his adherents.

Long account omitted.

Inferendo quindi da queste prove negative, sarebbe cosa gratuita, dalla sola scritta delle pretese lapidi angioine di San Giorgio, ritenere che Renato d’Angiò dimorasse veramente per alcun tempo in esilio sull’ isola di Giuppana, e che le rovine che vi si veggono sieno propriamente del palazzo ch’ egli si eresse in quel solitario rifugio, senza aver prove più positive dalle cronache pugliesi e dall’ angioine, sul modo che vi giunse e sul brevissimo periodo di tempo di questa sua eventuale dimora.

Più probabile egli è forse che queste rovine e questa tradizione traggano l’ origine loro dai profughi pugliesi, partigiani di Renato e di Luigi d’Angiò, ... si rifugiarono in queste remote isole dell’ arcipelago ragusino, lasciando cosi nelle traccie che ancora rimangono, memoria de’ loro sentimenti e del perenne attaccamento loro alle sorti della casa d’Angiò.

Thus inferring from these negative proofs, it would be gratuitous, from the mere writing of the alleged Angevin stones of Saint George, to hold that René d'Anjou really lived for some time in exile on the island of Giuppana, and that the ruins seen there were truly of the palace that he erected in that solitary refuge, without having more positive evidence from the Apulian chronicles and from the Angevin, on the way that he arrived there and on the very short period of time of this his possible abode.

It is more probable that these ruins and this tradition derive their origin from the Apulian refugees, partisans of René and Louis d'Anjou, ... they took refuge in these remote islands of the Ragusa archipelago, thus leaving in the traces that still remain, memory of their feelings and of their perennial attachment to the fortunes of the house of Anjou.

Ako odatle krenemo lijepom cestom koja kroz maslinike i vinograde vodi do Šipanjske Luke na drugom kraju otoka, par minuta od Suđurđa će nas iznenaditi crkva-tvrđava, golema poput kakove ka­tedrale.

Iza nje groblje, a ispod groblja — u grmlju i starim čempresima — opet ru­ševine palače, velike palače, kojoj je cen­tar činio kvadrat od osamnaest metara stranice, no koja je danas gotovo srav­njena sa zemljom. Od nje stoji samo juž­no podziđe; vanjski zidovi slabo izviru iz zemlje, nutarnji su označeni tek uzvi­sinama tla. U jednom kutu može se na­basati na dva otvora gotovo zatrpane ci­sterne. …

Pitate li u susjednom Suđurđu, što znadu o ruševinama pod grobljem, sa­znat ćete da je »baština« na kojoj se nalaze nazvana »Renatovo«, a palača da je pripadala »dobrom kralju Renatu«. Odvest će vas tada u slikovitu — i jedi­nu — ulicu mjesta i pokazati na zidu kuće nekad vlasteoske obitelji Sorgo, a sada porodice Vuletića veliki, u bijelom kamenu izrađeni grb, nad kojim stoji kraljevska kruna, a ispod njega na ka­menoj vrpci uklesana elegantna rene­sansna slova: »RENATVS REX IVSTVS« … Predaja je naime, da je grb na kuću u mjestu prenešen a ruševi­na na Renatovu, ispod groblja, koje je također pripadalo obitelji Sorgo. …

… Postoji doduše govorkanje po otoku da je bila neka ploča, koju da su »odnijeli Englezi«, »odnijeli u British Museum«. … Jedan osamdesetgo­dišnji starac, kog zovu romantičnim ime­nom punim evokacija »Kursar« (Corsaro, gusar), rekao nam je da je čuo da je ne­ku ploču skinuo don Niko Goravica, sve­ćenik, koji je umro prije više od dvade­setak godina.

If, from that point, we take a nice road through olive groves and vineyards to Šipanska Luka on the other side of the island, a few minutes from Suđurađ we will be surprised by a church-fortress, as huge as a cathedral.

Behind it is a cemetery, and below the cemetery — in the bushes and old cypresses — are the ruins of a palace, a grand palace, the centre of which was eighteen metres square, but which is now almost flattened. From it stands only the southern sub-floor; the outer walls are weakly protruding from the ground, the inner walls are marked only by elevations of the ground. In one corner one can run into two openings of almost buried water tanks. …

If you ask in neighboring Suđurađ what they know about the ruins under the cemetery, you will find out that the “heritage” they are on was called “Renatovo” and the palace that it belonged to “good King René”. They will then take you to the picturesque — and only — street of the village and show you on the wall of the house, once of the Sorgo family, now the Vuletić family, a large coat of arms made in white stone, with a royal crown over it, and in elegant renaissance lettering engraved on a stone ribbon: “RENATVS REX IVSTVS”. … It is said that the coat of arms was transferred to the house in the village from the ruins of Renatovo, below the cemetery, which also belonged to the Sorgo family. …

… There is, however, a rumour on the island that there was a plaque that had been “taken by the English”, “taken to the British Museum” … An eighty-year-old man, who is called by the romantic name full of evocations “Kursar” (Corsaro, pirate), told us that he heard that the plaque was taken down by Don Niko Goravica, a priest who died more than twenty years ago.

… u doba kada je Enquerrand Quarton živio, Dubrovčani su čini se, imali odnosa sa jednim francuskim vladarom koji je poznavao i štitio toga slikara. To je već spomenuti Renat, kojemu od kićenog naslova anžuvinskog vojvode, provansalskog kneza, jeruzolimskog i sicilijanskog kralja, ostane kraći ali časniji naziv — Renè le Bon. On nije bio spretan državnik, miješao se kao svaki romantik njegova kova nespretno u velike evropske događaje svoga vremena, ali se je istakao kao zaštitnik književnika i umjetnika koje je, budući je i sam bio stihotvorac i slikar³³⁾, štitio na svom dvoru. Jedan od najnesretnijih njegovih pothvata bio je napuljski. Poslije bratove smrti naslijedio je pravo na napuljsko prijestolje i iskrcao se god. 1438. u Napulj, odakle je protjeran god. 1442. od Alfonsa V. Aragonskog morao pobjeći natrag u Francusku. Arhivski podaci još nisu otkrili Renatove veze sa Dubrovčanima, ali se u Suđurđu, primorskom selu otoka Sipana, koji je pripadao dubrovačkoj republici, nalazi njegov kameni grb sa natpisom: RENATVS REX IVSTVS i zvono na crkvi sv. Jurja na kojemu natpis spominje francuskog kralja. Grb je vjerojatno prenesen iz ruševine koja se vidi jugozapadno od utvrđene crkve sv. Duha nad Suđurđem, u predjelu koji se još zove »Renatovo«³⁴⁾. Taj grb sa natpisom i naziv toga predjela svakako su u vezi sa burnim životom Renata Anžuvinskog, ali se je presmiono upuštati u podrobnije nagađanje te veze. Teško je predpostaviti da je Renat na svom putu za Napulj svraćao ovdje, jer je njegov itinerar iz 1438.–​1442. god. dovoljno popunjen i tu se nigdje ne spominje neka jadranska luka. Doputovao je u Napulj god. 1438. preko Marseille i Genove, a pobjegao god. 1442. preko Livorna i Firenze u Francusku³⁵⁾.

34) Prvi je o tome grbu zabilježio Gelcich (Mittheilungen der K. K. Central Commission, VIII. Jahrgang n/f s. XLI. Wien 1882.). Čini se da ga je on našao u polju zvanom »na Renatovu« i dao ga uzidati u kuću u luci. On ga datira u 16. do 17. stoljeće i dovodi u vezu sa napuljskim kraljem, koji bi se bio sklonio nakon gubitka prijestolja pa Šipanu i tu sagradio dvorac od kojega se sačuvao ovaj grb. Podrobnije je opisao grb V. Vuletić-Vukasović (Bullettino di archeologia e storia dalmata VI p. 101. Split 1883). Dok su on i Gelcich objavili onako natpis kao što sam ga i ja nedavno pročitao, V. Milić ga je i to kasnije od njih objavio ovako:

RENATVS REX IVSTVS REX GALLICORVM IN EXILIVM PVLSVS

On je zabilježio da je grb imao i podnožje vjerojatno sa urezanom godinom, ali je to navodno engleski povjesničar Evans god. 1878 odnio u Britanski Muzej. Milić također povezuje natpis sa Renatovim bjegstvom iz Napulja i predpostavlja da je on zaustavivši se poslije odlaska iz Napulja u Firenzi upoznao Dubrovčane te se preselio u Sipan, a zatim odatle otišao u domovinu (Bullettino di archeologia e storia dalmata XXII p. 185, Split 1899). O ovome je pisao i Emanuel Nikolić. On nije ni vidio grba, ali sumnja da bi se dubrovačka republika bila usudila pružiti sklonište bjeguncu kojeg je gonio njezin zaštitnik Alfonso Aragonski i predpostavlja da je natpis postavljen od apulskih pristaša Anžuvinaca, koji su se možda kasnije sklonili pred Aragoncima na Šipan. (Rivista dalmatica III, fasc. I. p. 75. Zadar 1902). Držim da natpis nije nikada imao dvije zadnje crte, jer su grb i vrpca sa natpisom RENATVS REX IVSTVS urezani na istoj ploči, a kakav je to natpis odnio Evans i prema čemu su Milić i Nikolić proširili sadržaj natpisa nije mi jasno, kao ni to odakle je Lujo Vojnović naveo taj natpis (Histoire de Dalmatie pg. 827. Paris 1934.) u onom proširenom obliku kao i Milić.

Istrošeni natpis na zvonu crkve sv. Jurja prepisao mi je J. Posedel:

MARIA    1517
VIVE LE ROI DE FRANCE

Nije isključeno da sve ove uspomene potiču od Renatovih apuljskih pristaša, sklonjenih u 16 st. na Sipanu. Nisu li možda oni donijeli i diptih u naš kraj?

… at the time when Enquerrand Quarton was living, the people of Dubrovnik seemed to have had a relationship with a French ruler who knew and protected that painter. This is the aforementioned René, whose shorter name, Renè le Bon, remains of the nicknamed Duke of Anjou, Duke of Provence, King of Jerusalem and Sicily. He was not a skilful statesman, interfering with every romance of his blacksmithing awkwardly into the great European events of his time, but he distinguished himself as the patron saint of writers and artists, whom he, as a poet and painter³³⁾ himself, protected in his court. One of his most unfortunate pursuits was at Naples. After his brother's death, he inherited the right to the throne of Naples and landed in Naples in 1438, from where he was expelled in 1442 by Alfonso V. of Aragon and had to flee back to France. Archival data have not yet revealed Rene’s ties to Dubrovnik, but his stone coat of arms with the inscription: RENATVS REX IVSTVS and a bell on St. George’s Church on which the inscription mentions the King of France are located in Suđurađ, a coastal village of the island of Šipan belonging to the Dubrovnik Republic. The coat of arms was probably transferred from the ruin seen southwest of the fortified church of St. Spirit over Suđurađ, in an area still called “Renatovo”³⁴⁾. This coat of arms with the inscription and the name of that area are certainly related to the tumultuous life of René of Anjou, but it is too daring to speculate in detail on this connection. It is hard to assume that René came here on his way to/from Naples, because his itinerary from 1438–​1442 is sufficiently complete and there is no mention of any Adriatic port. He traveled to Naples in 1438 via Marseille and Genoa, and fled in 1442 via Livorno and Florence to France³⁵⁾.

34) The first was recorded by Gelcich (Mittheilungen der K. K. Central Commission, VIII. Jahrgang n/f s. XLI. Wien 1882). He seems to have found it in a field called “at René’s” and built it into a house in the harbour. He dates it to the 16th to 17th centuries and links it to the King of Naples, who would have taken refuge after the loss of his throne and then to Šipan and built the castle from which this coat of arms was preserved. V. Vuletić-Vukasović described the coat of arms in more detail (Bullettino di archeologia e storia dalmata VI p. 101. Split 1883). While he and Gelcich published the inscription as I read it recently, V. Milić later published it like this:

RENATVS REX IVSTVS REX GALLICORVM IN EXILIVM PVLSVS

He noted that the coat of arms also had a base probably with a carved year, but this was allegedly taken by the English historian Evans to the British Museum in 1878. Milić also links the inscription to René’s escape from Naples and assumes that he stopped, after leaving Naples in Florence, met the people of Dubrovnik and then moved to Šipan and then left for his homeland (Bullettino di archeologia e storia dalmata XXII p. 185, Split 1899). Emanuel Nikolić also wrote about this. He did not even see the coat of arms, but doubted that the Dubrovnik Republic would dare to shelter a fugitive pursued by her patron Alfonso of Aragon, and assumes that the inscription was erected by the Apulian supporters of the Angevins, who may have subsequently taken refuge in front of the Aragonians at Šipan. (Rivista dalmatica III, fasc. I. p. 75. Zadar 1902). I believe that the inscription never had the two lower lines, because the coat of arms and the ribbon with the inscription RENATVS REX IVSTVS were engraved on the same plate, and what the inscription was taken by Evans and according to which Milić and Nikolić expanded the contents of the inscription, it is not clear to me, or even from where Lujo Vojnović cited the inscription (Histoire de Dalmatie pg. 827 Paris 1934) in its expanded form as Milić.

A worn inscription on the bell of the church of St. George was transcribed to me by J. Posedel:

MARIA 1517
VIVE LE ROI DE FRANCE

It is possible that all these memories come from René’s Apulian supporters, sheltered in the 16th century on Šipan. Didn't they also bring a diptych to our area?

Nedaleko Šipanjskog polja nalaze se ostaci ruševina dvorca napuljskog kralja Renea Anžuvinskog (»Renatus rex justus«) koji se još istražuju. Kamena ploča s natpisom s toga dvorca navodno se nalazi u Britanskom muzeju u Londonu, a priča se da ju je 1814. sa Šipana odnio kapetan Villiam Hoste, čuveni engleski pomorski vojskovođa.

Not far from Šipan Field are the remains of the ruins of the castle of the King of Naples, René of Anjou (“Renatus rex justus”), which are still under investigation. A stone plaque with the inscription from that castle is said to be in the British Museum in London, and it is rumored that in 1814 Captain William Hoste, a famous English naval commander, took it from Šipan.

Sa zapadne strane groblja ispred crkve Sv Duha ostaci su palače Renata Anžuvinskog. Uz put koji vodi kroz polje ima mali ostatak zida. Malo dalje uviše bio je veliki podgradni zid koji je srušen 1989. Poviše toga ima još ostataka zidova. U sjevernom uglu sa zapadne strane je omanja gustijerna.

Na kući Liban u Suđurđu nalazi se uzidan Renatov grb. Na njemu piše REX RENATUS IUSTUS (Renat kralj pravedni). Neki kažu da je neki Englez u 19 stoljeću napravio kopiju i tu je ostavio, a orginal odnio u London. Tko zna je li to točno?

Na Sv Đurđu je zvono s natpisom VIVE LE ROI DE FRANCE (Živio kralj Francuske). Možda se i može povezati s boravkom kralja Renata na Šipanu.

On the west side of the cemetery in front of the Holy Spirit church are the remains of René of Anjou’s palace. Along the path leading through the field is a small remnant of the wall. A little farther up was a large subgrade that was demolished in 1989. There are more remains of the walls. In the north corner on the west side is a smaller cistern.

On the Liban family house in Suđurađ there is mounted the coat-of-arms of René. It reads REX RENATUS IUSTUS (René the righteous king). Some say that an Englishman made a copy in the 19th century and left it there and brought the original to London. Who knows if this is true?

There is a bell on St George’s church with the inscription VIVE LE ROI DE FRANCE (Long live the King of France). It may also be related to King René’s stay at Šipan.

Bulić se priklonio legendi koja govori da je napuljski kralj, pripadnik anžuvinske dinastije, Rene I Dobri, nakon dinastičkih sukoba s Alfonsom V protjeran iz Napulja, te je utočište pronašao u Firenci. Prema pretpostavci, tamo je upoznao Dubrovčane i na neko vrijeme preselio na Šipan, gdje je boravio prije nego što se vratio u Francusku, u Aix-en-Provence, gdje je umro 1480. godine.¹⁸⁶ O navodnoj Reneovoj prisutnosti na Šipanu govori do danas sačuvan grb s natpisom sljedećeg sadržaja: RENATVS · REX · IVSTVS. Po predaji, grb s natpisom prenesen je s druge lokacije, zvane Na Renatovu.¹⁸⁷ Na tom mjestu, na zapadnoj strani groblja ispred crkve Sv. Duha, nalaze se ostaci možebitne palače Renea Anžuvinskog.¹⁸⁸ Sadržaj šipanskog natpisa kralja Renea objavljen je 1899. godine u članku “Starinski nadpis na Šipanu” u časopisu Bullettino di archeologia e storia Dalmata. Autor članka, Vinko Milić, donio je natpis sljedećeg sadržaja:

RENATVS REX IVSTVS
REX GALLICORVM
IN EXILIVM PVLSVS

Po Niku Goravici, župniku u Suđurđu, Arthur Evans je 1878. godine odnio u British Museum donji dio grba na kojemu se nalazila uklesana godina stavljanja natpisa. Na natpisu je Rene tituliran kao francuski, a ne napuljski kralj. Vinko Milić je to objasnio kratkom vladavinom ovog Anžuvinca lenom koje je pridruženo francuskom kraljevstvu.¹⁸⁹ Kako je na natpisu, koji je nastao vjerojatno u drugoj polovici 15. stoljeća, Rene nazvan REX GALLICORVM, vjerojatno je natpis Vivat le roi de France na suđurađkom zvonu, salivenom godine MVIV (vjerojatno označava 1504. godinu) posvećen upravo Reneu I. Dobrom.

Bulić adhered to a legend that says that the king of Naples, a member of the Angevin dynasty, René I the Good, was expelled from Naples after dynastic clashes with Alfonso V, and found refuge in Florence. According to the assumption, he met people from Dubrovnik there and moved for some time to Šipan, where he stayed before returning to France, to Aix-en-Provence, where he died in 1480 ^[1899]. The emblem of RENATVS · REX · IVSTVS has been preserved to this day about the alleged presence of René on Šipan. According to the legend, the coat of arms with the inscription was transferred from another location called Na Renatovo ^[1883]. At that point, on the west side of the cemetery in front of St. Duh, there are the remains of a possible palace of René of Anjou ^[2006]. The contents of King René’s Šipan inscription were published in 1899 in the article “Ancient Inscription on Šipan” in the journal Bullettino di archeologia e storia Dalmata. The author of the article, Vinko Milić, wrote the following content:

RENATVS REX IVSTVS
REX GALLICORVM
IN EXILIVM PVLSVS

According to Niko Goravica, pastor of Suđurađ, in 1878 Arthur Evans took to the British Museum a lower part of the coat of arms, on which was engraved the year of the inscription. On the inscription, René is titled as French, not the King of Naples. Vinko Milić explained this with the brief reign of this Angevin fiefdom attached to the French kingdom ^[1899]. As in the inscription, which probably originated in the second half of the 15th century, René is called REX GALLICORVM, it is likely that the Vivat le roi de France inscription on the Suđurađ bell, cast in the year MVIV (probably marks the year 1504) is dedicated precisely to Rene I the Good.

Malo dalje od Sorkočevićeva ljetnikovca, sa desne strane glavne ceste koja iz Suđurđa vodi u Šipansku Luku, nalaze se ostaci ruševina zidova ladanjsko stambene kuće u kojoj je prema legendi napuljski kralj Rene Anžuvinski u 15. st. ovdje našao utočište. Prema drugoj legendi, Dubrovčani su 1433.g. zbog burnog i raskalašenog života, u ovom ladanju sklonili dva nećaka kralja Renata Anžuvinskog.

Među ruševinama ovog ladanja, pronađen je kameni grb s natpisom Renatus rex justus. Orginal se čuva u Londonu, dok je kopija ugrađena u pročelje obiteljske kuće obitelji Liban u Suđurđu. U sjevernom uglu ladanjske kuće nalazila se gustijerna sa kamenom krunom bogato klesarski ukrašena. Potporni zid se urušio oko 1989.g. Danas se ovaj predio šipanskog polja i naziva Renatovo.

A little farther from the Sorkočević mansion, on the right side of the main road leading from Suđurađ to Šipanska Luka, are the remains of the ruins of the walls of a country dwelling house, in which according to legend the King of Naples, René of Anjou, found refuge in the 15^th C. According to another legend, in 1433, the people of Dubrovnik, because of a tumultuous and lavish lifestyle, hid away two nephews of King René of Anjou in this residence.

Among the ruins of this mansion, a stone coat of arms was found with the inscription Renatus rex justus. The original is kept in London, while a copy is embedded in the front of the family home of the Liban family in Suđurađ. In the north corner of the mansion there was a cistern with a richly sculptured stone crown. The retaining wall collapsed around 1989. Today, this area of the Šipan field is called Renatovo.

GORAVICA Niko 1842 1867 1919

Niko Goravica, sin Antuna i Mare Cvjetković, rodio se 17. ožujka 1842. u Suđurđu na otoku Šipan. Zaređen je u kapelici dubrovačkog biskupa 2. srpnja 1867. g.

Goravica započinje službu u travnju 1868. kao župnik Osojnika, skrbeći i za hercegovačka sela Grebci i Kalađurđevići. Od ožujka 1879. je u Kliševu, opslužujući u međuvremenu (od listopada 1883. do travnja 1885.) i župu Trsteno. Iz Kliševa se vraća na rodni otok i župnikuje u Suđurđu od studenog 1889. do umirovljenja 31. srpnja 1910. g. Kao umirovljenik nastavlja živjeti rodnoj kući u Suđurđu. Umro je 2. listopada 1919. g.

GORAVICA Niko, born 1842 ordained 1867 died 1919.

Niko Goravica, son of Antun and Mara Cvjetković, was born on 17 March 1842, in Suđurađ on the island of Šipan. He was ordained in the bishop’s chapel on 2 July 1867.

Goravica began his service in April 1868 as pastor of Osojnik, also providing care for the villages of Grebci and Kalađurđevići in Herzegovina. From March 1879 he served in Kliševo, serving in the meantime (from October 1883 to April 1885) also Trsteno parish. From Kliševo he returned to his native island to be pastor in Suđurađ from November 1889 until his retirement on 31 July 1910. As a pensioner, he continued to live in his birthplace in Suđurađ. He died on 2 October 1919.