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 texts, such as those of Koporin, Peć, Studenica and Cetinje, originated in the second half of the 14th century,[verification needed] and represent the oldest Serbian chronicles and the core of medieval Serbian historiography.[2]
| Vrhobreznica Chronicle Врхобрезнички Љетопис | |
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| Also known as | Врхобрезнички Љетопис |
| Type | Chronicle |
| Date | 1650 |
| Place of origin | Pljevlja |
| Language(s) | Serbian |
| Author(s) | Gavrilo Trojičanin |
| Material | Paper |
| Script | Serbian Cyrillic |
| Previously kept | Monastery of the Holy Trinity of Pljevlja |
| Discovered | In 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 is assumed to have been written by the credited author.
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edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.