Miroslav's Gospel One of the oldest and most important old Serbian manuscripts, this lectionary was written in Serbian redaction of Old Slavonic in the last decades of the 12th century. It was made for Miroslav, the prince of Hum, brother of Stefan Nemanja. Kept in the National Museum in Belgrade (inv. no. 1536). READ NOW
Vukan's Gospel This lectionary of the apracos type was made by monk Symeon for Vukan Nemanjic, the son of Stefan Nemanja around the year 1200. It is kept in the Russian National Library under F.п.I.82 after it was taken from Mount Athos by Porphyry Ouspenski in the late 19th century. READ NOW
Belgrade Prophetologion This prophetologion or the Old Testament lectionary was written in the Serbian redaction of Old Slavonic with Rascian orthography in the first quarter of the 13th century. Only fragments of it remain, since it disappeared in 1915 during the evacuation and retreat of the Serbian army in the World War I in and it was retrieved and returned to the National Library in Belgrade in 1969. READ NOW
Serbian Munich Psalter Serbian Munich Psalter, a lavishly illuminated manuscript, decorated with over 150 miniatures, made in the last quarter of the 14th century is kept in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (Cod.slav.4). It may have been made at the behest of Prince Lazar or his son, Stefan, and as we learn from an inscription in the book, it was a part of the court library of Despot Djuradj Lazarevic in Smederevo. It was transferred to Srem and kept in different Serbian monastery, until it was taken by a German colonel from the monastery Pribina Glava 1688 and since then it has remained in Bavaria. READ NOW
Radoslav's Gospel The manuscript is one of the most important monuments of old Serbian literature. It is noted for its full-page Evangelists' portraits that can be considered among the greatest achievements of Serbian miniature painting of the Middle Ages. They are a work of Radoslav, while the scribe responsible for the copying of the Four Gospels was a monk from Dalsha. It was made in 1428/9; toward the end of the 19th century, it was taken from Mount Athos to Russia by Porphyry Ouspenski, where the remaining twelve folios are still kept, in th Russian National Library in Saint Petersburg, under F.I.591. READ NOW