The figure on the cover of OAuth 2 in Action is captioned “Man from Zagrovic, Dalmatia, Croatia.” The illustration is taken from a reproduction of a mid-nineteenth century album of Croatian traditional costumes by Nikola Arsenovic, published by the Ethnographic Museum in Split, Croatia, in 2003. The illustrations were obtained from a helpful librarian at the Ethnographic Museum in Split, which is located within the ruins of Emperor Diocletian’s retirement palace from around AD 304, in the Roman core of the medieval center of the town. The book includes finely colored illustrations of figures from different regions of Croatia, accompanied by descriptions of the costumes and of everyday life.
Zagrovic is a small town in inland Dalmatia, built on the ruins of an old medieval fortress. The figure on the cover is wearing blue woolen trousers and, over a white linen shirt, a voluminous red woolen jacket, richly trimmed with the colorful embroidery typical for this region. He is holding a long pipe in one hand and has a musket slung over his other shoulder. A red cap and leather moccasins complete the outfit.