Kesar Novak
Encyclopedia
Novak the Serb was a 14th-century Serbian
nobleman that held the region of Lake Prespa
during the Serbian Empire
of Uroš the Weak (r. 1355-1371). He held the title of Caesar
, and is hence also known as Kesar Novak.
He had a Greek
wife, Kali, with whom he had a daughter Marija (Maria) and a son Amiral (Amiralis).
Among his endowments are the cave-church of Bogorodica (Holy Virgin Eleusa) on the island of Maligrad where frescoes and Greek inscriptions of his family exist dating to 1369.
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
nobleman that held the region of Lake Prespa
Lake Prespa
Prespa is the name of two freshwater lakes in southeast Europe, shared by Greece, Albania, and Macedonia. Of the total surface area, belongs to Macedonia, to Greece and to Albania...
during the Serbian Empire
Serbian Empire
The Serbian Empire was a short-lived medieval empire in the Balkans that emerged from the Serbian Kingdom. Stephen Uroš IV Dušan was crowned Emperor of Serbs and Greeks on 16 April, 1346, a title signifying a successorship to the Eastern Roman Empire...
of Uroš the Weak (r. 1355-1371). He held the title of Caesar
Caesar (title)
Caesar is a title of imperial character. It derives from the cognomen of Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator...
, and is hence also known as Kesar Novak.
He had a Greek
Greeks
The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....
wife, Kali, with whom he had a daughter Marija (Maria) and a son Amiral (Amiralis).
Among his endowments are the cave-church of Bogorodica (Holy Virgin Eleusa) on the island of Maligrad where frescoes and Greek inscriptions of his family exist dating to 1369.
Sources
- Stari srpski spomenici u Južnoj Srbiji, Dr Vlad. R. Petković, 1924
- The Serbs and Byzantium during the reign of Tsar Stephen Dušan (1331-1355) and his successors, by George Christos Soulis, page 214-5
- Гоце Ангеличин - Жура
- Ivan M. Đorđević, Zidno slikarstvo srpske vlastele u doba Nemanjića (Wall-Paintings of the Serbian Nobility of the Nemanide Era) OCLC 34957313, sl. 84 i 85
- Tania Velmans, La Peinture murale byzantine à la fin du Moyen âge, Volume 1