Maps of Power

Branko

Description

Mentioned in the the chrysobull charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan, which confirmed the foundation of the Church of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary by the Sebastokrator Dejan in the village of Arhiljevica and its landed property. The original charter has not come upon us and its content is preserved only in two later transcripts. The older one (Hil. 36) is probably an authentic transcript, but its dating is questionable, because it contradicts historical circumstances known from other reliable sources. Therefore, the date, when the lost orginal was issued, can only be approximated to the years 1354 or 1355. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated the village Kolicko to the Church of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary in the village of Arhiljevica. Branko’s boundary mark (a burnt area) is mentioned in the delimitation of the village Kolicko (A vo mege sela Kolicka: ōdь gumništa Čaikova prěko po srědě prokopannьnoga puta, tere po srědě Skačkova selišta na sipanu mogilu na drumь drobnihь krьstьcь, tere niže Běžana gde jestь kamenь na kameni, tere niz brьdo na Brankove žigove).

Relations

Sources (1)
Name Class Description
Arhiljevica 1 Source The chrysobull charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed the foundation of the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God by Sebastokrator Dejan in the village of Arhiljevica and its landed property. The original charter has not come upon us, and its content is preserved only in two later transcripts. The older one (Hilandar 36) is probably an authentic transcript, but its dating is questionable, because it contradicts historical circumstances known from other reliable sources. Therefore, the date, when the lost orginal was issued, can only be approximated to the years 1354 or 1355. Hilandar 150/152 differs from its predecessor in the dispositional section, containing two previously unmentioned villages, which do not appear even in the charter by the Serbian Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš from 1378/79. It was made in the 15th century or later with the intent of obtaining or confirming the enlargement of Chilandar's Arhiljevica metochion.