Naša jadranska obala u putopisu Mešulama iz Voltere

Abstract

Mešulam iz Voltere je do sada najstariji nama poznati jevrejski putnik koji je opisao Dalmaciju. Iako kratak, njegov opis nekih delova jadranske obale iz 1481. godine interesantan je za jevrejske istoričare, jer su podaci stranih autora o istočnom Jadranu iz toga vremena retki. Mešulam ben Menahem iz Voltere živeo je u drugoj polovini XV veka u Firenci i bio je zlatar. Nekoliko je puta putovao po istočnom Mediteranu i u Palestinu i sa mnogo je pojedinosti opisao svoje doživljaje, kao i mesta koja je posetio ili kroz koja je prošao.

Mechulam from Voltera is the oldest known Jewish traveler to describe Dalmatia so far. Although brief, its description of some parts of the Adriatic coast from 1481 interested Jewish historians, as foreign authors' data on the eastern Adriatic from that time are rare. Meshulam ben Menahem from Voltera lived in Florence in the second half of the 15th century and was a goldsmith. He traveled to the Eastern Mediterranean and Palestine several times and described with a lot of details his experiences as well as the places he visited or traveled through.