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Nikša Andretić Ranjina or Nicola Ragnina (1494–1582) was a Croatian writer and noblemen from the Republic of Ragusa (modern-day Dubrovnik), most famous as the compiler of Ranjina's Miscellany.
Ranjina is the most famous for his manuscript collection of Croatian Petrarchian poems known as Nikša Ranjina's Miscellany. The manuscript itself was unfortunately destroyed in the World War II. Manuscript had two pieces and contained about 820 poems, with (recognized) authors such as Šiško Menčetić (about 500 poems), Džore Držić (~70 poems), Mavro Vetranović, Marin Krističević and Mato Hispani.
Beside this well-known miscellany, he also compiled Ranjinin Lekcionar (started in 1508) (a collection of passages from the Bible), and the Dubrovnik chronicle Annali di Ragusa (1522). Whether some of the verses in the Miscellany were authored by Ranjina is not known, although it is possible.