Source DA·S·0003
Visum et Repertum
The 1732 report by Habsburg military physicians on the exhumations at Medveđa, Serbia: the document that brought the vampire into Europe’s newspapers.
- Author
- Johann Flückinger and other medical officers PRIM: Primary source
- Date
- 26 January 1732, Belgrade PRIM: Primary source
- Subject
- Deaths attributed to Arnaut Pavle (Arnold Paole) and other deceased people PRIM: Primary source
The document
The report describes the exhumation and treatment of numerous corpses◆ Primary sourceAn original document consulted directly: a text, record, script or film print.—staking, decapitation and cremation. It is a valuable source because it records local beliefs through an official’s perspective; the motif of contagion between close relations, later echoed by the family vampire, derives from this record.
Connections
5 direct connections · 15 further links. Dashed lines indicate weak or unproven links.
- Film
- Creature · ritual
- Motif
- Source
- Person
- Weak link
Bloodlines (1)
The Vurdalak, from folklore to cinema
Creatures (2)
Motifs (1)
The family vampire
Beliefs & rituals (2)
Protections against the dead
Protections against the dead
- Vurdalak creature · via The Vurdalak, from folklore to cinema
- La famiglia del Vurdalak source · via The Vurdalak, from folklore to cinema
- La Guzla source · via The Vurdalak, from folklore to cinema
- Black Sabbath film · via The Vurdalak, from folklore to cinema
- Why Dread Atlas begins with I tre volti della paura journal · via The Vurdalak, from folklore to cinema
- Revenant creature · via Vampire
- Strigoi creature · via Vampire
- Kisiljevo place · via Vampire
- The threshold and invitation belief or ritual · via Vampire
- The Vampyre (Polidori, 1819) source · via Vampire
- Dracula (Stoker, 1897) source · via Vampire
- Vampires of Eastern Europe collection · via Vampire
- Night of the Devils film · via The family vampire
- The vampire child motif · via The family vampire
- Theft from the dead motif · via Protections against the dead
Revision history
- First draft.— Editorial team
How to cite this page
Redazione Dread Atlas, «Visum et Repertum», Dread Atlas, Entry DA·S·0003, updated 14 September 2026. https://macabralia.com/en/sources/visum-et-repertum/