Kalist Rasoder was the author of the
Tetraevangelion ''Tetraevangelion'' (, "Four Evangelia/ Gospel Books"; ka, ოთხთავი, ''ot'kht'avi''; Old Slavonic: благовѣствованиѥ; ; ) is a name used in Eastern Orthodox terminology for the Canonical gospels of the Four Evangelists
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, also known as "Serres Gospel" book, written in 1354 in the Serbian recension of
Church Slavonic
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. In view of the turbulent historical happenings in the region at the time, it is understandable how the Gospel book of Metropolitan
Jakov of Serres found its way into the library of St. Paul's monastery (
Agiou Pavlou) at
Mount Athos
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The mountain and most of the Athos peninsula are governed ...
, although the precise date of the transfer is unknown. The manuscript was brought to England in 1837 from the Athonite monastery of
Agiou Pavlou, by
Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche. It was deposited at the
British Museum
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by his son in 1876 and is kept in the
British Library
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as Additional Manuscript 39626.
See also
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Teodosije the Hilandarian (1246–1328), one of the most important Serbian writers in the Middle Ages
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Elder Grigorije (fl. 1310 – 1355), builder of
Saint Archangels Monastery
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Antonije Bagaš
Anthony Bagaš, also known as Arsenije Bagaš (; ), was a Serbian nobleman from Kastoria who retreated to Mount Athos in between 1356 and 1366, where he later bought and restored the ruined Athonite monastery of Saint Paul (Agiou Pavlou) with t ...
(fl. 1356 – 1366), bought and restored the
Agiou Pavlou monastery
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Lazar the Hilandarian
Lazar (; ), also known as Lazar the Serb or Lazar the Hilandarian (), was a Serbian Orthodox monk-scribe and horologist who invented and built the first known mechanical public clock in Russia in 1404. The clock, which also struck the hours, wa ...
(fl. 1404), the first known Serbian and Russian watchmaker
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Pachomius the Serb (fl. 1440s – 1484), hagiographer of the Russian Church
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Miroslav Gospel
Miroslav Gospel (, ) is a 362-page Serbian illuminated manuscript Gospel Book on parchment with very rich decorations. It is one of the oldest surviving documents written in the Serbian recension of Church Slavonic. The gospel is considered a ...
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Gabriel the Hilandarian Gabriel the Hilandarian ( 1359–d. after 1412) was a Serbian monk-scribe. There is very little information available about Gabriel the Hilandarian, like most modest monks who lived in the 14th and early 15th century. It is known that he translated ...
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Constantine of Kostenets
Constantine of Kostenets (; – after 1431), also known as Constantine the Philosopher ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Константин Филозоф, Konstantin Filozof, separator=" / "), was a medieval Bulgarian scholar, writer and chronicler, who spent mo ...
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Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kiev
Cyprian ( – 16 September 1406) was a prelate of Bulgarian origin, who served as the Metropolitan of Kiev, Rus' and Lithuania (2 December 1375 – 12 February 1376) and the Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' (12 February 1376 – 1 ...
and All Rus'
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Gregory Tsamblak Gregory Tsamblak (; ; ; sr-Cyr, Григорије Цамблак; ; ), member of the Tzamplakon family, was a writer and cleric active in Bulgaria, Moldavia, Serbia, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Principality of Kiev.
Biography
Early life
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Isaija the Monk
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Elder Siluan
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Romylos of Vidin
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Atanasije (scribe) Atanasije and Atanasije the Serb ( sr-cyr, Атанасије; 1200–1265), a disciple of Saint Sava, was a Serbian monk-scribe who lived and worked in Serbia in the Middle Ages. In the 13th century, it was common for monk-scribes not to speak o ...
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Rajčin Sudić
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Dimitar of Kratovo
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Nicodemus of Tismana
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Marko Pećki
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Anonymous Athonite
References
Medieval Serbian literature
Serbian manuscripts
12th-century biblical manuscripts
14th century in Serbia
Gospel Books
Medieval documents of Serbia
14th-century illuminated manuscripts
Cyrillic manuscripts
Serbian Cyrillic texts
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