This is a list of Serbian manuscripts (Serbian: Српски рукописи), containing important works attributed to Serbia or Serbs. The majority of works are theological, with a few biographies and constitutions. The works were written in Cyrillic, except some early works in the Glagolitic script.
The number of early Serbian manuscripts, that is, those made before the end of the 14th century, is estimated at 800–1,000.The number of Serbian manuscripts dating between the 12th and 17th centuries that are located outside Serbia is estimated at 4,000–5,000. The largest number of the manuscripts are located in Europe. The largest and most important collection is housed at the Hilandar on Mount Athos. Next, the second largest collection is most likely found in Russia, where hundreds of manuscripts are held.[1] More than a thousand of medieval manuscripts were destroyed during the German bombing of Belgrade (1941).[2] The Digital National Library of Serbia (NBS) has digitalized several manuscripts, included at their website.
| Work | Date (original) | Author or editor | Description | Digital copy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codex Marianus[3] | 975–1025 | Unknown | Gospel Book (In Glagolitic) | ||
| late 10th–early 11th century | Unknown | ||||
| Gršković's fragment of the Acts of the Apostles | 12th century | Unknown | (In Glagolitic) | ||
| Mihanović's fragment of the Acts of the Apostles | 12th century | Unknown | (In Glagolitic) | ||
| 1185–86 | at NBS | ||||
| 1198 | |||||
| 1199 | |||||
| Charter of Hilandar (II) | 1200–01 | Charter (revision) | |||
| The Life of St. Symeon (Vita Simeonis) | 1208 | Hagiography (biography) | |||
| 1208 | at NBS | ||||
| 1200–08 | |||||
| Psaltir Typikon | 13th century | ||||
| Letter to hegumen Spiridon | 13th century | Personal letter | |||
| 13th century | unknown | ||||
| The Life of St. Symeon | 1216 | Biography | |||
| Zakonopravilo (St. Sava's Nomocanon) | 1219 | Civil law and canon law (medieval constitution). | |||
| 1234 | Monk Bratko | ||||
| 1242–43 | Biography | ||||
| Charter of Ston | 1253 | Stefan Uroš I | |||
| 1259 | Monk Dragolj | ||||
| 1261 | Biography[4] | ||||
| The Life of St. Simeon | 1264 | Biography | |||
| Belgrade Macedonian Oktoih | 13th century | ||||
| Trebnik | 13th century | ||||
| 13th century | |||||
| 13th century | |||||
| Charter to Hilandar | 1302 | Stefan Milutin | Lost | ||
| Časoslov | 1300–10 | ||||
| Život kralja Milutina (Life of King Milutin) | 1323–26 | Danilo II | Biography | ||
| Život Stefana Dečanskog (Life of Stefan of Dečani) | 1331– | Danilo II | Biography | ||
| Život arhiepiskopa Danila II | after 1337 | Danilo II's pupil | Biography | ||
| Život kraljeva i arhiepiskopa srpskih | 1337–40 | Danilo II | Biography | ||
| Life of St. Arsenije | 1324–37 | Danilo II | Biography | ||
| Rodoslov (carostavnik) | 1337 | Archbishop Nikodim | Biography | ||
| 1349 | |||||
| 1350 | Monk Feoktist | ||||
| 1354 | Kalist Rasoder | Tetraevangelion, also known as "Serres Gospel" book | |||
| 1382 | |||||
| 1381 | |||||
| 14th century | |||||
| Gospel of St. Nicholas (Serbian: Nikoljsko jevanđelje) | 14th century | Gospel book, located in Ireland (Dublin RU 147) | |||
| 1370–1395 | |||||
| late 14th century | |||||
| February Menaion | |||||
| Life of St. Stefan of Dečani | 1402–09 | Grergory Tsamblak | Biography | ||
| 1412 | |||||
| Karlovački rodoslov | 1418–27 | ||||
| Radoslav's Gospel (Radoslavljevo jevanđelje) | 1429 | scribe Radoslav | Gospel Book, located at the National Library of Russia in St. Petersburg | at NBS | |
| Charter to St. Paul Monastery[5] | 1430 | Charter | |||
| 1431 | Biography | ||||
| Slovo o pravopisu | 143X | Constantine of Kostenets | |||
| Služabnik | 1453 | Located in the National Library of Serbia (RS 538) | |||
| 1454 | three transcribers | Apostol (Acts of the Apostles and the New Testament epistles) | |||
| second half of the 15th century | 18th-century transcription | ||||
| 1494 | |||||
| Bogorodičnik | 15th century | Theotokarion held in Hilandar.[6] | |||
| 1521 | Teodor Ljubavić | Printed psalter |