The paper presents a folk recipe collection manuscript written by an unknown author in Poljica area, in the 18th century. It is owned by the philologist, historian of literature and bibliophile, Josip Bratulic. Therefore, the author suggests that this recipe collection should bear the name Great folk medicine book from Poljica (Bratulic's folk medicine book). The manuscript is written in Latin script and Croatian language. It consists of 288 pages written in black ink and contains more than 1,100 recipes making it one of the largest known manuscripts. Although well preserved, a small part of it is unreadable. Most recommended recipes are for treating humans and domestic animals, while several recipes contain household tips. The abundance of its content, expressions, and healing instructions add this recipe collection to other similar manuscripts of this region, which create precious part of the Croatian medical, pharmaceutical, and cultural heritage.
U ovom radu prikazana je ljekaruša napisana u 18. stoljeću na području Poljica. Budući da se sačuvala i nalazi se u vlasništvu Josipa Bratulića, filologa, povjesničara književnosti i bibliofila, autor ovog rada predlaže da se nazove Velika poljička (Bratulićeva) ljekaruša. Ljekaruša se sastoji od 288 nepaginiranih stranica ispisanih rukom istog autora, crnom tintom. Napisana je latinicom hrvatskim jezikom. Dobro je očuvana, tek manji dio je nečitak. Sadrži više od 1100 recepata i po tome se može ubrojiti među velike ljekaruše. Većina recepata odnosi se na liječenje ljudi, manji dio na liječenje životinja, a samo nekoliko recepata su savjeti za domaćinstvo. Bogatstvom sadržaja izričaja i naputaka za liječenje nadovezuje se na niz sličnih rukopisa koji čine dragocjeni segment hrvatske medicinske, farmaceutske i kulturne baštine.
Keywords: Poljica; Bratulic’s recipe collection; folk recipe collection; folk medicine; 18th century; Croatia.