Dečani Chronicle Explained

Dečani chronicle
Date:	second half of the 15th century (original), 1595 (manuscript)
Place Of Origin:	Dečani monastery, Serbian Despotate
Language(S):	Serbian language

The Dečani chronicle (Serbian: Дечански летопис) is a Serbian-language manuscript written in the second half of the 15th century^[1] in the Dečani monastery.

Transcription and publishing

During the transcription of the Dečani chronicle from the original manuscript, the transcriber not only transcribed it, but also interpreted the original text.^[2]

It was published by Serafim Ristić in his work Dečani Monuments.^[3] In 1908 its translation into Russian was published in Saint Petersburg by deacon Nikolai Mavrov.^[4]

Content

The earliest mention of Ibarski Kolašin is in the 1595 register found in the Dečani chronicle which includes all of Kolašin's villages and their registered inhabitants.^[5] This chronicle explains the Serbian-language origin of the name of the town Šabac.^[6]

The Dečani chronicle discusses members of the Nemanjić dynasty, in particular Stefan Nemanja and some his descendants.^[7] It describes the death of Stefan Dečanski after he was first denigrated by his stepmother Simonida.^[8] The chronicle presents information about natural phenomena that accompanied Stefan's death, including the solar eclipse.^[9] The Dečani chronicle is one of four medieval chronicles which mention Simeon Uroš, the half-brother of Emperor Dušan, and his actions to temporarily seize the Serbian throne.^[10]

This chronicle mentions the Battle of Rovine of 1395 and explains that Prince Marko and Constantine Dragaš died in this battle.^[11] This chronicle also explains that Marko's brother, Andreja Mrnjavčević, died in the Battle of Rovine too.^[10] The Dečani chronicle describes how the Ottoman military commander Skanderbeg fled the battlefield in Momina Klisura in 1444, near modern-day Pazardzhik in Bulgaria, after being defeated by Serbian Despot Đurađ Branković.^[12]

See also

• Serbian chronicles
• Serbian manuscripts

Notes and References

1. Book: Kaimakamova. Miliana. Salamon. Maciej. Byzantium, new peoples, new powers: the Byzantino-Slav contact zone, from the ninth to the fifteenth century. 2007. Towarzystwo Wydawnicze "Historia Iagellonica". 978-83-88737-83-1. 287. It is worth noting the information from the so-called Decani chronicle written, as it appears, in the second half of the 15th century..
2. Book: Starinar. 1909. 134. Кад је пак прешисивач Дечанског летописа са старијег рукописа једном напустио прави задатак прешисивачев, па се латио тумачења догађаја, који је раније био само констатован, није се задржао на простом довођењу у везу ....
3. Book: društvo, Srpsko učeno. Glasnik Srpskoga učenog društva .... 1883. 53.
4. News: Дечани и Русија. 9 February 2015. Глас Русије. 5 September 2010.
5. Book: Kosovsko-Metohijski zbornik. 2005. Srpska Akademija nauk i umetnosti. 150. 9788670251052 .
6. Зборник радова Географског института „Јован Цвијић“ САНУ 61(1) (83–103) Оригинални научни рад УДК: 911.3(−06), ГЕНЕЗА ГРАДА И ПОРЕКЛО ИМЕНА ШАПЦА, page 93
7. Book: Милосављевић, Драгиша. Средњевековни град и манастир Добрун. 2006. Дерета. 978-86-7346-570-8. 16.
8. Book: Filipović. Milenko S.. Kovačević. Ivan. Trački konjanik: studije iz duhovne kulture. 1971. Prosveta. 308. 9788607000678 .
9. Book: Starinar. 1909. 133. А таквог компоновања бележака имамо и у кратким летописима, и ми ћемо се овде нарочито задржати на једној, на белешци о смрти краља Стевана Дечанскога у Дечанском летопису под год . 1335 . Цела белешка под том ....
10. https://fedorabg.bg.ac.rs/fedora/get/o:6086/bdef:Content/get Successors of the Mrnjavčević family and theritories under their power 1371–1459
11. Book: Ђурић, Иван. Сумрак Византије: време Јована VIII Палеолога (1392–1448). 1984. Народна књига. 78. У Дечанском летопису је, уз вест о боју на Ровинама, забележено како су тамо погинули Марко Краљевић и Константин Драгаш..
12. Book: Tadeusz Stanisław Grabowski. Полша, Бѫлгария и славянството. 1923. Придворна печатница. 41. Най-после има в сръб- ските летописи едно интересно известие, което представя отзвук за участието на Георгя Бранко- вич в боя пред Момина-Клисура. В Дечанския летопис под датата 1444 стои. „И побеже Скендер-бег и разби јего деспоть кодь Момини Клисури завоми турски кьзь дербендь подле Татар-Пазрджика". .