Miroslav Gospel

Miroslav's Gospel
Miroslav's Gospel
	First page of the manuscript
Created	1180
Location	National Museum of Serbia,Belgrade,Serbia
Author(s)	Grigorije the Pupil

Miroslav Gospel(Serbian:Мирослављево jеванђеље / Miroslavljevo jevanđelje,pronounced[mǐrɔslaʋʎɛʋɔjɛʋǎndʑɛːʎɛ]) is a 362-pageSerbian illuminated manuscript Gospel Bookonparchmentwith very rich decorations. It is one of the oldest surviving documents written in theSerbian recension of Church Slavonic.The gospel is considered a masterpiece of illustration and calligraphy.^[2]

DuringSaint Sava's time, a SerbianProphliestologion(Cod. 313), aNovgorod Sticherarion(Cod. 301), and KievIrmologion(Cod. 308 withOld Church Slavonicmusical neumatic notation were also found in the same place asHilandar Fragmentsfrom the 10th and early 11th century (now inOdessa). It is presumed that both Miroslav Gospel andVukan's Gospelreached Hilandar at the same.^[3]

Origin and discovery

Miroslav's Gospel was commissioned in the 12th century (in the year 1180) byMiroslav, the ruler (knez) of Hum^[4]and the brother ofStefan Nemanja,theGrand Prince of Serbia.The first to discover and study the manuscript were three Russian scholars:Vladimir Stasov,Fyodor Buslayev,andNikodim Kondakovin 1874.

A leaf of the book which the ArchbishopPorphyrius Uspenskyhad cut out of the book from theHilandar Monasterylibrary in 1845 was first publicly shown at an exhibition inKievin 1874.^[5]The earliestfacsimileedition appeared inViennain 1897. The book was traditionally kept at the Hilandar Monastery onMount Athos,before it was presented to KingAlexander Iof Serbia, on the occasion of his visit to the monastery in 1896. Today it is in the collection of theNational Museum of SerbiainBelgrade.

The book was originally transcribed inKotorin modern-dayMontenegrobetween 1186 and 1190 from an earlier text. Most pages are by an unknown scribe fromZeta,with the last few pages written by the scribe Grigorije ofRaška,also known as Grigorije the Scribe or Pupil. Although Miroslav's Gospel is one of the earliestCyrillic-texted manuscripts, the document appeared later than other Serbian liturgical manuscripts written inGlagolitic.^[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 inUNESCO'sMemory of the World Registerin recognition of its historical value.^[1]

References

^^a ^b"Miroslav Gospel – Manuscript from 1180".UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. 2014-01-19.Retrieved2009-12-14.
^^a ^bDeliso, Christopher (2008).Culture and Customs of Serbia and Montenegro.Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 102.ISBN 9780313344367.
^Bogdanović, Dimitrije; Djurić, Vojislav J.; Đurić, Vojislav J.; Medakovi ́c, Dejan; Radoǰci ́c, Svetozar (1997).Chilandar.Monastery of Chilandar.ISBN 9788674131053.
^Cuvalo, Ante (2007).The A to Z of Bosnia and Herzegovina.Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 155.ISBN 9780810876477.
^"NLR.ru".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-03-01.Retrieved2010-01-31.
^Casiday, Augustine (2012).The Orthodox Christian World.Oxon: Routledge. p. 537.ISBN 9780415455169.

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[mow-1] "Miroslav Gospel – Manuscript from 1180".UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. 2014-01-19.Retrieved2009-12-14.

[:0-2] Deliso, Christopher (2008).Culture and Customs of Serbia and Montenegro.Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 102.ISBN 9780313344367.

[3] Bogdanović, Dimitrije; Djurić, Vojislav J.; Đurić, Vojislav J.; Medakovi ́c, Dejan; Radoǰci ́c, Svetozar (1997).Chilandar.Monastery of Chilandar.ISBN 9788674131053.

[4] Cuvalo, Ante (2007).The A to Z of Bosnia and Herzegovina.Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 155.ISBN 9780810876477.

[5] "NLR.ru".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-03-01.Retrieved2010-01-31.

[6] Casiday, Augustine (2012).The Orthodox Christian World.Oxon: Routledge. p. 537.ISBN 9780415455169.

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