Nikola Stanjević Gospel
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Nikola Stanjevic Gospel is an illuminated manuscript
Gospel Book
in Old Serbian
(Rascia
n). 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 manuscript special.
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...
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 Old Serbian
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....
(Rascia
Rascia
Rascia was a medieval region that served as the principal province of the Serbian realm. It was an administrative division under the direct rule of the monarch and sometimes as an appanage. The term has been used to refer to various Serbian states throughout the Middle Ages...
n). It was donated to the Hilandar monastery of Mount Athos
Mount Athos
Mount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. A World Heritage Site, it is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a self-governed monastic state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic. Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the...
by Serbian Imperial Military commander Nikola Stanjević of Northern Macedonia. The decorations of the manuscript shows a diversity of styles which makes this manuscript special.