Vjesnik Hrvatskoga arheološkoga društva, sv III. / 1898

The third volume of the Journal of the Croatian Archaeological Society for 1898, edited by Josip Brunšmid, shows how fruitful the end of the 19th century was for research into the Croatian past. The book begins with genealogical topics: Vjekoslav Klaić provides a detailed genealogy of the Nelipć princes, and Fran Bulić analyzes the tombstone inscriptions of the Croatian queen Jelena, connecting the texts with the political circumstances of the early Middle Ages. Emilij Laszowski writes a contribution to the genealogy of the Šubić princes, supplementing knowledge about another key noble family.

This is followed by Luka Jelić's work Historical and topographic sketches of the Bosnian diocese, which traces the development and borders of the Bosnian diocese throughout history and notes important places and churches. After that, Hovorka and Dr. Oskar Zederas provide an ethnological and topographic overview of the Croatian coast, combining a description of the landscape with notes on the settlements, speech and customs of the population.

The central part of the volume consists of epigraphic and archaeological studies by the editor himself, Josip Brunšmid. In several works, he publishes and interprets Greek and Latin inscriptions from Kavala and Karabanovo in Macedonia, from river boats near the Kras in Croatia, and military diplomas of Roman soldiers from the Carpathian and Pannonian regions. Through these inscriptions, the network of ancient communications, armies, and trade that connected the Balkan and Pannonian areas is outlined.

The volume concludes with Brunšmid's Archaeological Notes from Dalmatia with news of new finds, military-topographic sketches by O. Jelić of battlefields on the Croatian coast, and the work of Ivan Tkalčić with a list of Zagreb bishops. The book is rounded off by a report on the fourth general assembly of the society, held in Bihać in 1897, which shows the reader how lively and organized the society was in promoting research into the country's past.