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The inscription for Voihna

Description

The inscription on the stone gravestone, which was found in the Church of Saint George near Konjuh. It refers to Voihna, who was the courtier of Radovanь. The inscription was made between 1362 and 1374 († a se ležitь rabь boži Voihna dvoraninь Radovanovь mladь prěstavi se k.e. dьnь i bogь da prosti).

Relations

Places (1)
Name Class Begin End Description
Chonuche (Konjuh), Church of the Saint Archangel (Saint George) Place The Church of Saint George near Konjuh is a single aisle building with a protruding Eastern apse. Svetozar Radojčić identified the building as a church of the Saint Archangel. He used the fresco in the lunette above the entrance (now vanished) as evidence for his identification.
Actors (2)
Name Class Begin End Relation Type Description
Radovanь Person Mentioned in the inscription for Voihna from 1362/1374 and in the colophone of the manuscript of Lětovnik from 1386, which is now in the Synodal library manuscript collection (Nr. 148) in the State Historical Museum. He appers as a blagočьštivь i hristoljubivь gospodinь in the colophone. Voihna worked for him as a courtier before 1362/1374 († a se ležitь rabь boži Voihna dvoraninь Radovanovь mladь prěstavi se k.e. dьnь i bogь da prosti). He was the sponsor of the slavic version of the chronicle of Georgios Monachos (the so-called Lětovnikь). He commisioned in 1386 Rōmanь and Vasïlь, the scribes and monks from the Hilandar Monastery, to copy the manuscript. Rōmanь and Vasïlь wrote a colophone, where they anticipate Radovanь enjoying the lecture of the book in his house (I ispisa se sija kniga, lětopisьcь, vь Svetěi Gōrě, vь ōbytěli svetyje i carьskyje i čьstnije lavry prěsvetije bogorodice Hilandara blagočьštivomu i hristoljubivomu gospodinu Radovanu, ponježe vьshotě iměti siju knigu vь domu svojemь, i naslaždati se pročitanijem ōt njeje minuvšïih drevnïih car ōt Adama daže do potopa, i ōt potopa do Hrista, po Hristě blagočьstivyih carь i svetyih i duhovnosnïih mužïi daaže do carьstva Konstantina Irïnina syna. I togda igumьnьstvujuštu vь tomžde monastyri Hïlandari mitropolitu carьskago grada sěra kyr Savě, i pri njem ispisa se povelěnijem i potьštanijemь jaže ō njei ljubve radi gospodina Radovana čьstnomu starcu kyr Ïōasafu rukama mnogogrěšnih i směrennyhь taha monahь Rōmana i Vasïlïa).
Voihna (3) Person He lived before 1362/1374. He was the subject of the inscription on the stone gravestone, which was found in the Church of Saint George (Saint Archangel) near Konjuh. He was the courtier of Radovanь († a se ležitь rabь boži Voihna dvoraninь Radovanovь mladь prěstavi se k.e. dьnь i bogь da prosti).
Source Translations (1)
Name Class Description
The inscription for Voihna (text) Source translation † a se ležitь rabь boži Voihna dvoraninь Radovanovь mladь prěstavi se k.e. dьnь i bogь da prosti