Resava School ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Ресавска школа, Resavska škola, separator=" / "), was founded in 1407 by
Serbian despot Stefan Lazarević
Stefan Lazarević ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Лазаревић, 1377 – 19 July 1427), also known as Stefan the Tall (), was a Serbian ruler as prince (1389–1402) and Despot (court title), despot (1402–1427). He was also a diplomat, legislat ...
. Based on his endowment, the
Manasija Monastery
The Manasija Monastery ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, манастир Манасија, manastir Manasija, separator=" / ", ) also known as Resava ( sr-Cyrl, Ресава, ), is a Serbian Orthodox monastery near Despotovac, Serbia founded by '' Despot'' Stefan ...
, it was called ''Bašta znanja'' ( sr-Cyrl, Башта знања) or the bastion of knowledge for learning, transcribing, translating and illuminating manuscripts in the
Serbian Despotate
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. One of the main supporters of the Resava School was
Constantine the Philosopher ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Константин Филозоф, Konstantin Filozof, separator=" / ", label=none), also known as Constantine of Kostenets. The canon of this school was followed in monasteries of
Hilandar
The Hilandar Monastery (, , , ) is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos in Greece and the only Serbian Orthodox monastery there.
It was founded in 1198 by two Serbs from the Grand Principality of Serbia, Stefan Neman ...
,
Patriarchate of Peć,
Visoki Dečani
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Dečani is by far t ...
and
Ljubostinja, and its influences were present in
Russia
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,
Bulgaria
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,
Macedonia
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Romania
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.
Monastery of Manasija, also called Resava, had a library of more than 20,000 books.
See also
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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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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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Venedikt Crepović
15th-century establishments in Serbia
Medieval Serbian literature
Serbian Cyrillic texts
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