Friday, November 24, 2017

Letters from Siget by Spanish Ambassador Chantone


Letters sent by Spanish Ambassador Chantone to King Philip

Can someone translate to English?
#1

Vienna, July 13, 1566
From Ambassador Chantone to King Philip II of Spain

Thursday, November 23, 2017

Vazetje Sigeta, grada. by Karnarutić

Vazetje Sigeta, grada.
Složeno po Barni Karnarutiću, Zadraninu.


Source

Parvi dil


    Gospode i knezi harvatskih, tolikoj
    Turačkih vitezi sada poju poboj
    Pri gradu Sigeta kojino se j' zgodil,
    U ki svih dob leta turski se j' rob vodil.
    A to hti oni car, soltan Solimanin,

Castle and city Szigeth in Hungary and Zrinyi's heroic death. - German


Schloß und Stadt Szigeth in Ungarn und Zrinyi's Heldentod.
1840

Found in a few books, one source here
There are OCR errors

Sunday, November 19, 2017

Molitva suprotiva Turkom - A Prayer Against the Turks


Molitva suprotiva Turkom

autor: Marko Marulić           
https://books.google.ca/books?id=sHdcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA244

Friday, November 17, 2017

Turks loved beheading people

I found a book that has good reproductions of the Ottoman "miniatures" that record the events of the Siege of Siget in 1566.  The Ottomans used a graphic way to record events in addition to the written account.

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.

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...