The Baska Tablet: Croatia's Oldest Written Words

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Baška Tablet, a twelfth-century stone slab that holds the oldest known inscription in the Croatian language. Carved in the Glagolitic script, this fragment from the island of Krk records a land donation by King Dmitar Zvonimir and offers a rare glimpse into medieval Croatian literacy, politics, and faith. The conversation traces how the tablet was discovered re-used as a bridge slab, how scholars debated its text over centuries, and what its survival tells us about the fragile transmission of history. They also consider the broader context of Benedictine monasteries, the Kingdom of Croatia, and the role of the Glagolitic script as a marker of Croatian identity. With reflections on how we read ancient evidence and how a single stone can reshape national memory, this episode connects a piece of stone to the living threads of Croatian heritage.

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