This
Glagolitic inscription is inscribed in a medallion around a cross on a stone
block built into the lower part of the façade of a house. The inscription
mentions the priest Matija Franović and the year 1535. Originally, the
inscription was not located in this rather undistinguished place. The stone
block was the lintel of the portal of the rectory and the owner marked the
completion of the building with an inscription and a cross, as was common
practice in the Renaissance. This also had an apotropaic function, that is, to
defend the house from evil. Nowhere in the world are there so many preserved
Glagolitic stone inscriptions as on the island of Krk. These inscriptions
attest to the fact that literacy was widespread among the ordinary inhabitants
of the island. The most important role in this was played by the priests of the
chapters of the small towns of Omišalj, Dobrinj, Vrbnik and Baška, which at the
time were referred to as kašteli (castles).