Vukan Gospels is a 13th-century Serbian 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...

 (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 (Rascian). It is one of the oldest preserved medieval books written in the 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....

, with more than 189 pages.

It is written in the Rascian form of Old Serbian. It was produced in Ras, the capital of the Medieval Serbian Principality, for Prince Vukan, the son of King Stefan Nemanja

Stefan Nemanja

Stefan Nemanja was the Grand Prince of the Grand Principality of Serbia from 1166 to 1196, a heir of the Vukanović dynasty that marked the beginning of a greater Serbian realm .He is remembered for his contributions to Serbian culture and...

. It is the oldest aprakos

Aprakos

Aprakos is a kind of Gospel or Acts of the Apostles book, otherwise known as weekly or service Gospel . In aprakoses, the text is organized not in the natural order of books, but along with the weekly church readings starting from the Holy Week as used in the Eastern Orthodox Church...

in Rascian version.