Miroslav Gospel
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Miroslav's Gospel | |
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Created | 1180[1] |
Location | National Museum of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia |
Author(s) | Grigorije the Pupil |
Miroslav Gospel (Serbian: Мирослављево jеванђеље / Miroslavljevo jevanđelje, pronounced [mǐrɔslaʋʎɛʋɔ jɛʋǎndʑɛːʎɛ]) is a 362-page Serbian illuminated manuscript Gospel Book on parchment with very rich decorations. It is one of the oldest surviving documents written in the Serbian recension of Church Slavonic. The gospel is considered a masterpiece of illustration and calligraphy.[2]
During
Origin and discovery
Miroslav's Gospel was commissioned in the 12th century (in the year 1180) by
A leaf of the book which the Archbishop
The book was originally transcribed in Kotor in modern-day Montenegro between 1186 and 1190 from an earlier text. Most pages are by an unknown scribe from Zeta, with the last few pages written by the scribe Grigorije of Raška, also known as Grigorije the Scribe or Pupil. Although Miroslav's Gospel is one of the earliest Cyrillic-texted manuscripts, the document appeared later than other Serbian liturgical manuscripts written in Glagolitic.[6] The language used is considered unique as it showed the transition between Old Church Slavonic and the first recognizably distinct Serbian language.[2]
In 2005, the Miroslav Gospel was inscribed in
See also
- Medieval Serbian literature
- Serbian manuscripts
- John the Deacon
- Teodosije the Hilandarian (1246-1328), one of the most important Serbian writers in the Middle Ages
References
- ^ a b "Miroslav Gospel – Manuscript from 1180". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. 2014-01-19. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
- ^ ISBN 9780313344367.
- ISBN 9788674131053.
- ISBN 9780810876477.
- ^ "NLR.ru". Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
- ISBN 9780415455169.
Further reading
- Dušan Mrđenović; Veljko Topalović; Vera Radosavljević (2002). Miroslavljevo jevanđelje: istorijat i komentari. Dosije. ISBN 9788681563762.