Vrhobreznica Chronicle

The Vrhobreznica Chronicle (Serbian: Врхобрезнички љетопис) is a Serbian chronicle of which the oldest manuscript dates to 1650, from the Monastery of the Holy Trinity of Pljevlja. It is preserved in the collection of the Prague National Museum.[1] The original text, as those of Koporin, Peć, Studenica and Cetinje, originated in the second half of the 14th century, and represent the oldest Serbian chronicles, and the core of medieval Serbian historiography.[2]

Vrhobreznica Chronicle Врхобрезнички Љетопис
Also known asВрхобрезнички Љетопис
TypeChronicle
Date1650
Place of originPljevlja
Language(s)Serbian
Author(s)Gavrilo Trojičanin
MaterialPaper
ScriptSerbian Cyrillic
Previously keptMonastery of the Holy Trinity of Pljevlja
DiscoveredIn Pljevlja, Montenegro by Pavel Jozef Šafárik

The 14th-century abounds in translations by unknown persons, which were called "chronicles," actually a number of separate but similar manuscripts, stemming from an original historic source that does not survive but assumed to have been written by the credited author.

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References

  1. M. Loos (30 June 1974). Dualist Heresy in the Middle Ages. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 101–. ISBN 978-90-247-1673-9. This hagiographical text was incorporated in an abbreviated form in a Serbian chronicle dating from 1650, the Chronograph of Vrchpbreznica (Vrkhobreznitsa), preserved in a MS in the collection of the National Museum, Prague (IX 0 6, f.
  2. Church archives & libraries: international experiences in the preservation, appraisal, description and presentation of cultural heritage stored in these institutions. Centre for Preservation and Presentation of Documentary Heritage of Kotor "Notor". 2004. p. 126.
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