Autor, sadašnji Veliki meštar Družbe “Braća hrvatskog zmaja” (osnovane u Zagrebu 1905. i zabranjene 1945. te obnovljene 1990.) najprije nam predstavlja ustroj i djelatnost te Družbe, koja ima svrhu, među ostalim, obilježavati povijesna mjesta te podizati spomen-ploče hrvatskim velikanima. U tome smislu Družba je godine 1910. podigla spomen-ploču Ivanu Krstitelju Tkalčiću na njegovoj rodnoj kući u Zagrebu u Novoj Vesi 41, a godine 1990. drugu spomen-ploču istome I. K. Tkalčiću i Janku Barléu na njihovu zajedničkom nadarbeničkom dvoru u Novoj Vesi 14. Ovo drugo postavljanje spomen-ploče potaknuo je sam autor, tada kao meštar kapelan spomenute Družbe, pa uz objelodanjenje arhivske građe te Družbe (vidjeti tri priloga u dodatku), ovaj prinos ima vrijednost vlastita svjedočenja.

Summary: The commemorative plaque to the historians of the archdiocese of Zagreb, Ivan Krstitelj Tkalčić (1840-1905) and Janko Barlé (1860-1941)

The author, the present Grand Master of the Society og “The Brethren of the Croatian Dragon” (founded in Zagreb in 1905, abolished by the communist regime in 1945 and reestablished in 1990) presents the organization and activities of the Society, one purpose of which is to mark buildings and locations of historical importance and to erect commemorative plaques to outstanding persons of Croatia.

            After the Society erected in 1910 a commemorative plaque to Ivan Krstitelj (John Baptist) Tkalčić on the house in Zagreb, Nova Ves 41, where he was born, the second commemorative plaque was erected in 1990 on the prebendary palace, at Nova Ves 14 to both the before mentioned I. K. Tkalčić and Janko Barlé. As the second erection of the commemorative plaque was initiated by the author himself, who at the time was the Master Chaplain of the Society, it adds the value of a personal testimony to the disclosure of the material from the Society’s archives. (See the addenda). Translated by Zdravko Mršić

 
(Objavljeno u godišnjaku „Tkalčić“, 1./1997., br. 1.)