List of medieval Serbian literature
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This is a list of medieval Serbian literature
Serbian literature
Serbian literature refers to literature written in Serbian and/or in Serbia.The history of Serbian literature begins with theological works from the 10th- and 11th centuries, developing in the 13th century by Saint Sava and his disciples...

, containing the major or important works attributed to Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

 or Serbs
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...

. The majority of works are theological, with a few biographies and constitutions. Some of the earliest works were written in the Glagolitic script, while the majority are in Cyrillic.
Work Year Author Description
Codex Marianus
Codex Marianus
The Codex Marianus ) is a Glagolitic fourfold Gospel Book from the beginning of eleventh century , which is , one of the oldest manuscript witnesses to the Old Church Slavonic language, one of the two fourfold gospels being part of the Old Church Slavonic canon, which contains a parts written by...

 
10th-11th c Unknown Gospel Book
Gospel Book
The Gospel Book, Evangelion, or Book of the Gospels is a codex or bound volume containing one or more of the four Gospels of the Christian New Testament...


(In Glagolitic)
Grškovićev odlomak Apostola  11th c Unknown (In Glagolitic)
Mihanovićev odlomak  11th c Unknown (In Glagolitic)
Miroslav Gospels  1180/90 Gligorije the Pupil
for Miroslav of Hum
Miroslav of Hum
Miroslav Zavidović or Miroslav of Hum was a 12th-century Great Prince of Zachlumia from 1162 to 1190, an administrative division of the medieval Serbian Principality covering Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia....

 
Gospel Book
Gospel Book
The Gospel Book, Evangelion, or Book of the Gospels is a codex or bound volume containing one or more of the four Gospels of the Christian New Testament...

Karyes Typicon
Karyes Typicon
The Karyes Typicon or Typicon of Saint Sava is a 12th-century Serbian Orthodox typicon written in 1199 by Saint Sava , the first "Archbishop of the Serbs" , the youngest son of Serbian Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja The Karyes Typicon or Typicon of Saint Sava is a 12th-century Serbian Orthodox...

 
1199 Saint Sava
Saint Sava
Saint Sava was a Serbian Prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church, the founder of Serbian law and literature, and a diplomat. Sava was born Rastko Nemanjić , the youngest son of Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja , and ruled the appanage of Hum briefly in...

 
typicon
The Life of St. Symeon (Vita Simeonis) 1208 Saint Sava
Saint Sava
Saint Sava was a Serbian Prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church, the founder of Serbian law and literature, and a diplomat. Sava was born Rastko Nemanjić , the youngest son of Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja , and ruled the appanage of Hum briefly in...

 
biography
Biography
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...

Studenica Typicon  1208 Saint Sava
Saint Sava
Saint Sava was a Serbian Prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church, the founder of Serbian law and literature, and a diplomat. Sava was born Rastko Nemanjić , the youngest son of Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja , and ruled the appanage of Hum briefly in...

 
typicon
Vukan Gospels
Vukan Gospels
Vukan Gospels is a 13th-century Serbian illuminated manuscript in Old Serbian . It is one of the oldest preserved medieval books written in the Serbian language, with more than 189 pages....

 
1202-8 Monk Symeon
for Vukan 
Gospel Book
Gospel Book
The Gospel Book, Evangelion, or Book of the Gospels is a codex or bound volume containing one or more of the four Gospels of the Christian New Testament...

Psaltir Typicon 120x Saint Sava
Saint Sava
Saint Sava was a Serbian Prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church, the founder of Serbian law and literature, and a diplomat. Sava was born Rastko Nemanjić , the youngest son of Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja , and ruled the appanage of Hum briefly in...

 
typicon
Letter to hegumen Spiridon 120x Saint Sava
Saint Sava
Saint Sava was a Serbian Prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church, the founder of Serbian law and literature, and a diplomat. Sava was born Rastko Nemanjić , the youngest son of Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja , and ruled the appanage of Hum briefly in...

 
personal letter
The Life of St. Symeon 1216 Stefan II the First-crowned  biography
Zakonopravilo
Zakonopravilo
The Nomocanon of Saint Sava was the first Serbian constitution and the highest code in the Serbian Orthodox Church, finished in 1219. This legal act was well developed. St...

 
1219 Saint Sava
Saint Sava
Saint Sava was a Serbian Prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church, the founder of Serbian law and literature, and a diplomat. Sava was born Rastko Nemanjić , the youngest son of Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja , and ruled the appanage of Hum briefly in...

 
Constitution
Constitution
A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what the entity is...

Bratko Menaion
Bratko Menaion
Bratko Menaion is a 13th-century Serbian liturgical calendar book , written Serbian Orthodox scribe Bratko. It is the oldest menaion in Serbian literature, written in the Serbian recension of Old Church Slavonic ....

 
1234 Monk Bratko menaion
Menaion
The Menaion refers to the annual fixed cycle of services in the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic Churches. Commemorations in the Menaion are tied to the day of the calendar year.-Service books:...

The Life of Saint Sava  1242/3 Domentian biography
Dragolj Code
Dragolj Code
Dragolj Code or Miscellany by Dragolj is a 1259 Serbian Orthodox manuscript by Serbian priest Dragolj . It is written in the Old Serbian with characteristics of Zeta and Hum dialects. The code contains the "Adaptation of Kozma`s Sermon against Bogomils".It was found in 1875 by a P...

 
1259 Monk Dragolj Illuminated manuscript
Illuminated manuscript
An illuminated manuscript is a manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration, such as decorated initials, borders and miniature illustrations...

The Life of St. Sava 1261 Theodosius of Chilandar
for Saint Sava
biography
Biography
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...

 
The Life of St. Symeon 1264 Domentian biography
Belgrade Macedonian Oktoih 13th century
"Trebnik" 13th century
March menaion
Menaion
The Menaion refers to the annual fixed cycle of services in the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic Churches. Commemorations in the Menaion are tied to the day of the calendar year.-Service books:...

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Belgrade Prophetologion
Belgrade Prophetologion
Belgrade Prophetologion or Parimejnik is an early 13th century Serbian Orthodox Prophetologion . of an unknown scribe....

 
13th century unknown lectionary
Lectionary
A Lectionary is a book or listing that contains a collection of scripture readings appointed for Christian or Judaic worship on a given day or occasion.-History:...

St. Sava's Nomocanon  13th century Saint Sava
Saint Sava
Saint Sava was a Serbian Prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church, the founder of Serbian law and literature, and a diplomat. Sava was born Rastko Nemanjić , the youngest son of Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja , and ruled the appanage of Hum briefly in...

 
civil law
Civil law (area)
Civil law in continental law is a branch of law which is the general part of private law.The basis for civil law lies in a civil code. Before enacting of codes, civil law could not be distinguished from private law...

 and canon law
Canon law
Canon law is the body of laws & regulations made or adopted by ecclesiastical authority, for the government of the Christian organization and its members. It is the internal ecclesiastical law governing the Catholic Church , the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches, and the Anglican Communion of...

.
Hagiography 13th century Saint Sava
Saint Sava
Saint Sava was a Serbian Prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church, the founder of Serbian law and literature, and a diplomat. Sava was born Rastko Nemanjić , the youngest son of Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja , and ruled the appanage of Hum briefly in...

 
Hagiography
Hagiography
Hagiography is the study of saints.From the Greek and , it refers literally to writings on the subject of such holy people, and specifically to the biographies of saints and ecclesiastical leaders. The term hagiology, the study of hagiography, is also current in English, though less common...

Časoslov 1300-10
Life of Kings and Archbishops of Serbia  1337-1340 Danilo II biography
Biography
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...

Life of St. Arsenije 14th century Danilo II biography
Rodoslov (carostavnik) 1337 Archbishop Nikodim biography
Biography
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...

Dušan's Code
Dušan's Code
Dušan's Code was enacted by Tsar Dušan in two state congresses: in May 21, 1349 in Skopje and amended in 1354 in Serres. It regulated all social spheres, so it can be considered a medieval Serbian constitution. The Code included 201 articles. The original manuscript is not preserved, but around...

 
1349 Emperor Dušan  Constitution
Constitution
A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what the entity is...

Nikola Stanjević Gospel
Nikola Stanjević Gospel
Nikola Stanjevic Gospel is an illuminated manuscript Gospel Book in Old Serbian . It was donated to the Hilandar monastery of Mount Athos by Serbian Imperial Military commander Nikola Stanjević of Northern Macedonia. The decorations of the manuscript shows a diversity of styles which makes this...

 
1350 Monk Feoktist Gospel Book
Gospel Book
The Gospel Book, Evangelion, or Book of the Gospels is a codex or bound volume containing one or more of the four Gospels of the Christian New Testament...

Dorotej 1370
Rodoslov 14th century Grigorije Camblak biography
Biography
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...

Serbian Alexandride  14th century Life of Alexander the Great.
February menaion
Radoslav Gospels
Radoslav Gospels
Radoslav's Gospels was created in 1429 by Radoslav, a Serbian scribe from Dalša. It contains a number of miniatures, including "An Evangelist Portrait". The gospels are in the Russian National Library, St. Petersburg...

 
1429 scribe Radoslav Gospel Book
Gospel Book
The Gospel Book, Evangelion, or Book of the Gospels is a codex or bound volume containing one or more of the four Gospels of the Christian New Testament...

Charter to St. Paul Monastery 1430 George Brankovic  charter
Oktoih
Oktoih
Oktoih , in English the Book of Psalms or Psalter, is an incunabula printed in Cetinje, Montenegro in 1494. Oktoih is a book of liturgical hymns for singing in eight parts. It was printed in the Printing House of Crnojevići by Đurađ IV Crnojević, an educated ruler of Montenegro from 1490-1496...

 
1494 Đurađ Crnojević  psalter
Rodoslov 15th century Konstantin Kostenski biography
Biography
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...


See also

  • Medieval Serbia
    • 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...

    • Serbian Kingdom
    • Serbian Principality
  • Serbian culture
    Serbian culture
    Serbian culture refers to the culture of Serbia and of ethnic Serbs.The Serbian culture starts with that of the South Slavic peoples that lived in the Balkans. Early on, Serbs may have been influenced by the Paleo-Balkan peoples...

    • Serbian language
      Serbian language
      Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....

      ;
      • Serbian literature
        Serbian literature
        Serbian literature refers to literature written in Serbian and/or in Serbia.The history of Serbian literature begins with theological works from the 10th- and 11th centuries, developing in the 13th century by Saint Sava and his disciples...


Sources

  • Đuro Šurmin, Povjest književnosti hrvatske i srpske, "Stara Srpska Knjizevnost" (Old Serb literature) 1808, p. 229-242.
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