Friday, November 17, 2017

De Capto Zygetho Historia - epic poem

From epic poem by Christianus Schesaeus
written in 1571 - source online

Note: There more than likely many OCR errors.
Also, since I do not read Latin I can't tell which letter is a modern V and which is U. 


Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Zrinski's epitaph by Christian Schesaeus

Can anyone translate this to English?

Google did a horrible job translating

Epitaphium Praestantissimi Herois Nicolai Comitis Serinn,
ac totius Croatiae Capitanei generalis Sic.

Monday, November 13, 2017

Report about Siget - September 21 1566 (in German)

Győri tábor, 1566. sept. 21.

Emperor Maximilian sends a report to Ágost, a Saxon elector, about the siege of Sziget, Zrínyi and the castle, as well as informing him of Gyula.

Maximilian der annder von Gottes genaden erweiter romischer kayser zu allen zeitten merer des reichs.
Hochgebornner lieber öhaim, unnd churfürst.

Friday, November 3, 2017

Pannóniai Istvánfi Miklós magyari dolgokról való históriáinak


Pannóniai Istvánfi Miklós magyari dolgokról való históriáinak

huszonharmadik könyve

Pjesma - Opsada Sigeta 1566.

Pjesma, Song or Poem

This is supposedly from
„Narode još netiskane slavonske junačke pjesme”

but I can't find that anywhere online.
Referenced here

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Death of Suleiman - September 1566


Death of Suleiman

by Zeljko Zidaric, October 2017


Opening thoughts

Of all the events at the siege of Siget the most confusing is the death of sultan Suleiman.  There are many accounts on when he died and how (from what).  The reason for the speculation is that Suleiman's death was kept a secret and then more than likely fictionalized by the grand vizier Sokolovic for political purposes. The two main chroniclers, Feridun Ahmed-bey[1] and Mustafa Selaniki[2], were both subordinates of the grand vizier, dependent on him for their careers and complicit in the conspiracy to cover up the death of the sultan and then create an official history[3] that was favorable to Sokolovic's agenda.

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Životopisne crte grofa Nikole Šubića Zrinskoga Sigetskoga


Životopisne crte grofa Nikole Šubića Zrinskoga Sigetskoga
Biography of Count Nikola Šubić Zrinski of Siget
od  Slavomila Peroka Zagreb, 1861


Note: There are probably OCR typos

1539: The death of Johann Katzianer

  Informal translation from: “ Povijest Hrvata od najstarijih vremena do svršetka XIX stoljeća”, volume 3, part 1, by Vjekoslav Klaić, 1911...