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DOI: 10.2298/ZRVI1350853K

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Account Books of the Caboga (Kabui) Brothers 14261433 (Squaro
Reminder, Diary and Ledger) from the Historical Archive of Dubrovnik provide new
evidence about the high degree of treatment and composition of precious metals from the
Serbian medieval mines. First of all, that the residue, after the purification of unprocessed
into fine silver, was copper. Even the price of this process is listed. In the Squaro, in
two items in a receipt from 1430, there is previously unknown data about auriferous
silver (argento di glama), the composition of which, besides gold, also included copper,
and the precisely determined shares of these metals per litre. Apart from the Account
Books of the Caboga (Kabui) Brothers, other written sources and hitherto geological
explorations have provided no clues regarding the presence of copper in the auriferous
silver mines.
Keywords: silver, fine silver, auriferous silver, gold, copper, Account Books of the
Caboga (Kabui) Brothers, Dubrovnik, Kotor, Venice, Serbian mines.

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Desanka Kovaevi-Koji

(Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade)

ABOUT THE COMPOSITION AND PROCESSING OF PRECIOUS

METALS FROM THE SERBIAN MEDIEVAL MINES
The Account Books of the Caboga (Kabui) Brothers 14261433 (Squaro
Reminder, Diary and Ledger) from the Historical Archive of Dubrovnik provide
new evidence about the high degree of treatment and the composition of precious
metals from the Serbian medieval mines. The process of purification of unprocessed
into fine silver was also applied in Serbia at an early date. Obtained in this way,
fine silver (argento fino) became an important article in commerce and was the only
material that could be used for producing money. It is evident from several receipts
registered in the Account Books of the Caboga (Kabui) Brothers that the residue,
after the transformation of unpurified into fine silver, was copper. Even the cost of this
procedure is listed in the document (approximately one ducat).
The Squaro also contains previously unknown data about the composition of
auriferous silver (argento di glama). Registered in the same receipt from 1430, in two
items, is the auriferous silver which, besides gold, also contained copper, coupled with
the fact that the percentage of copper is precisely stated, as well as the percentage of
gold, per litre. Along with each shipment, the Account Books of the Caboga (Kabui)
Brothers also contain data about the cost of separating the gold from the silver, i.e. per
partidura (10 groats).
Apart from the Account Books of the Caboga (Kabui) Brothers, other written
sources and the geological explorations performed so far provided no clue as to the
presence of copper in the mines with the auriferous silver.