Miroslav Gospel

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Miroslav's Gospel
First page of the manuscript
Created1180[1]
LocationNational Museum of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Author(s)Grigorije the Pupil
Cathedral of Saint Sava

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

Odessa). It is presumed that both Miroslav Gospel and Vukan's Gospel reached Hilandar at the same.[3]

Origin and discovery

Miroslav's Gospel was commissioned in the 12th century (in the year 1180) by

in 1874.

A leaf of the book which the Archbishop

Kiev in 1874.[5] The earliest facsimile edition appeared in Vienna in 1897. The book was traditionally kept at the Hilandar Monastery on Mount Athos, before it was presented to King Alexander I of Serbia, on the occasion of his visit to the monastery in 1896. Today it is in the collection of the National Museum of Serbia in Belgrade
.

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

Memory of the World Register in recognition of its historical value.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Miroslav Gospel – Manuscript from 1180". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. 2014-01-19. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
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  5. ^ "NLR.ru". Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
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