Daniele Clario dubrovačkom nadbiskupu o Epidauru, 1505.

In Vatican MS Ott. lat. 707 on ff. 234–239 (constituting a separate quire) there is a letter, most probably autograph, from the humanist of Parma Daniele Clario sent from Dubrovnik on October 15, 1505, to Giuliano Maffei, recently elected archbishop of Dubrovnik. The letter has been described previously bibliographically (Codici latini datati della Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, 1997), but has been overlooked in any study of Renaissance and humanist Dubrovnik. It can be seen to have had two objectives. It gives information about the Antique roots of Cavtat, or Epidaurus/Epidaurum, and, on behalf of the Dubrovnik community, urges the archbishop to visit his city. Maffei, archbishop from 1505 (he died in 1510) never went to Dubrovnik. In its style and content, the letter demonstrates Clario’s humanist education and sensibility, his competence as a Graecist and tells of the moment in which a humanist took over the duty of chancellor of the Republic.