Albona, commune (Labin / Albona)

700_AR

Regestum

Istria as described in the chapters of Cosmography, penned by the anonymous Ravenna Cosmographer (Anonymus Ravennas), including the region's rendition on the famous Peutinger's Map (Tabula Peutingeriana).

Date
Undated; traditionally dated to late 7th/early 8th century, c. 700.
Place

952_DAI

Regestum

The eastern borders of the province of Istria (and the Kingdom of Italy / Holy Roman Empire) according to the 10th-century work customarily titled De administrando imperio and ascribed to Eastern Roman Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus.

Date
Customarily dated to a period between 948 and 952; however, chapter 30, which contains the brief description of the eastern borders of Istria hereby edited, is a later addition, written by an anonymous author and inserted to “correct” the historical narrative featured in chaps. 29 and 31; the composition of chapter 30 is dated to the second half of the 10th century, most probably during the age of Croatian King Stephen Držislav (969–997).

1280_IURA

Regestum

Aquileian patriarch [Raymond della Torre] catalogs his supposed rights and prerogatives in Istria to Venetian ambassadors [Marino Dauro and Pietro Tiepolo] – the Iura domini patriarche ac ecclesie Aquilegiensis in tota Istria.

Date
October 1280, after doc. 1280_CD (October 4)

1385_DCA

Regestum

Istrian margrave Domnius of Castello issues orders to his subjects in Labin, asking them to release their prisoners and consign them to his care. Additionally, the margrave reminds his subjects to give him the customary tribute, the iura marchionis Istrie, under the penalty of twenty-five pounds of Veronese pennies.

Date
4th of March, 1385

1432_SM59

Regestum

The Venetian Senate revokes the privilege accorded to Labin by which the community was allowed to elect their own podestàs from among the Venetian noblemen; henceforth their rectors will be elected by the Venetian Great Council.

Date
5th of September, 1432
Place