The text can be translated in English as follows: ... In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost, I, abbot Držiha, wrote this concerning the land which Zvonimir, the Croatian king, gave in his days to St. Lucia. And the witnesses [were] župan Desimira in Krbava, Martin in Lika, Piribineg in Vinodol and Yakob in Otok. Whoever denies this, let him be cursed by God and the twelve apostles and the four evangelists and Saint Lucia. Amen. And whoever lives here let him pray for it to God. I, abbot Dobrovit, built this church with nine of my brethren in the days of prince Cosmas rulin...
Very interesting. Its like a little window through time. This Abbot Drziha sounds like quite a serious chap. No nonsense. The Christians were quite ruthless in the old days.
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