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Rakić 2016b

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ID 132948
System Class Bibliography
Bibliography Inbook
Case Study Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška

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Zoran Rakić, Beogradski parimejnik, in: Svet srpske rukopisne knjige (XII-XVII vek), ed. D. Otašević, Z. Rakić, I. Špadijer, Beograd 2016, 240-244.

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Artifacts (1)
Name Class Description
Belgrade Prophetologion Artifact The Belgrade Prophetologion (Narodna biblioteka Srbije Rs 652) is the oldest surviving Serbian copy of the prophetologion and dates back to the first quarter of the 13th century. Written on parchment, the manuscript stands out for the beauty of the written letters and the peculiar initials that adorn it. Most of the initials are made of geometric or floral-geometric interweaving, to which imaginative or realistic animals are sometimes added. The initial O on l stands out on fol. 58v, which is in the form of the head of Christ Emmanuel. The eclectically conceived initials show the influence of Oriental models and Romanesque elements that reached the Serbian lands via an indirect route, mostly through Southern Italy. The manuscript comes from Ras and is kept today in the National Library of Serbia. Actually, it came to the National Library from Skopje and disappeared during the evacuation which occurred at the beginning of the First World War. In 1969 the manuscript was found in Germany and returned to Serbia.