Miroslav Gospels
The Miroslav Gospels ( Serbian Мирослављево Јеванђеље Miroslavljevo Jevanđelje ) is a manuscript in Church Slavonic from the second half of the 12th century. It is one of the oldest surviving illustrated texts in Cyrillic script . It contains 362 sheets of parchment with the text of the four Gospels of the New Testament . The style and iconography of the manuscript is a mixture of Italian and Byzantine influences.
The Miroslav Gospel was written by order of the Serbian Župan Miroslav von Zahumlje , Stefan Nemanja's brother around 1086, probably in Kotor . It was intended for the Church of St. Peter (UNESCO World Heritage Site) on the Lim in Bijelo Polje , a Miroslav foundation.
To protect against Ottoman raids, the manuscript was kept in Hilandar Monastery on Mount Athos . In 1896, on the occasion of a visit by the Serbian King Alexander I. Obrenović, it was brought to Belgrade , where it was added to the collection of the Serbian National Museum .
Since 2005 it is on the UNESCO list of world cultural heritage .
Individual evidence
- ↑ NLR.ru
- ↑ Miroslav Gospel - Manuscript from 1180 . UNESCO Memory of the World Program. January 19, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2009.