Medal - Matija Vlacic Ilirik

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A book titled "MATTHIAS FLACIUS ILLYRICUS 1575 1975" among other books.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
JUGOSLAVENSKA AKADEMIJA
MATTHIAS
FLACIUS
ILLYRICUS
1575
1975
ZAGREB
LABIN

Translation: Yugoslav Academy

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In 1975 the National Museum in Labin opened the permanent memorial exhibition of Matija Vlačić Ilirik (Matthias Flacius Illyricus) to mark the 400th anniversary of his death. Although Vlačić wrote more than three hundred various works, we can only tentatively call him a literary author. He was primarily a theologian, a philosopher, a philologist and historiographer, in short a humanist with the broadest possible interests.