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THe BOOK PeNNeD iN DeČaNi, 1336–46
By the will of the Father, commenced by the Son and com- pleted by the Holy Spirit, in the days of Christ-loving and great King Stephen Dušan, this book was penned and dedi- cated to the Pantocrator, by order of the first abbot arseni- je, in the place called Dečani, by the hand of sinful Dobreta (...)
The note in the MS of St. Peterburg Library: Ni i, 34 (87)
THe COMPLeTiON OF THe DeČaNi MONASTERY, 1346/47
(...) the church (...) of the Pantocrator was built and wall- painted and completed in the days of the most excellent, no- ble and holy first Tzar Stephen, the son of the most excel- lent King Uroš of all Serbian lands and the littoral (...) in memory and remembrance of Holy King Stephen Uroš the Third, in the year 6855 (1346/47).
The inscription in the Dečani Monastery: Ni i, 36 (96)—corrected according to G. Subotić: “a Contribution to the Chronology of the Dečani Mural Painting”, Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta— ZRVi (journal of the institute for Byzantine Studies) 20 (1981) 124–130.
eMPeROR DUŠaN DONaTeS THe HOLY CROSS TO THe DeČaNi MONaSTeRY, 1348
in the year 6856 (1348), We, Stephen Dušan, by the grace of God emperor of all Serbian and Greek Lands and the Lit- toral, donate this cross which contains a particle of the Holy Cross on which our Lord jesus Christ was crucified, to the home of Pantocrator named Dečani [Monastery]. Not to be misappropriated or taken away [from Dečani] in this life— as it was granted in the Chrysobull by my parent and me. The inscription on the cross in Dečani: Ni i, 36 (93)
WaLL-PaiNTiNG OF THe DeČaNi MONaSTeRY THROUGH THe eFFORTS OF aBBOT aRSeNije, 1348
By the will of God and with the help of the Holy Spirit in the Trinity, this edifice dedicated to the Lord Our God Panto- crator in memory and remembrance of the God-enlightened and noble King Stephen Uroš the Third, the sovereign of all Serbian lands and the littoral, to whom may it be memory eternal, in the days of his pious and holy and glorious son Kyrr Stephen, the first emperor of all Serbian and Greek lands and the littoral and his son King Stephen Uroš, in the year 6856, of 11th indiction. May the Lord pardon arsenije, the first abbot of the monastery, who took care of and made efforts in this holy place!
The inscription in the main church above the entrance door, in the Dečani Monastery: Ni iV, 9 (6025)
THe CONSTRUCTiON OF THe CHURCH
OF THe HOLY MOTHeR OF GOD iN THe ViLLaGe OF VaGaNeŠ (GNjiLaNe), 1355
This Church of the Holy Mother of God was erected by Da- biživ, Drobnjak’s grandson, with his brother Hrana and with Bogoje, and with his father, a monk, and with his mother Višnja. in the days of emperor Stephen, Dabiživ himself in- scribed the following:—This temple of the Holy Mother of
God was built by Dabiživ and Bogoje with their brother Hra- na; [Dabiživ is] Drobnjak’s grandson, in the days of emper- or Stephen, in the year 6863 (1355).
The inscriptions on the remains of the Church in the village of Va- ganeš: Ni i 39 (105–106)—Corrected according to G.Tomović: Mor- phology, No 44
THe GRaVe OF iVaNiŠ aLTOMaNiĆ iN DeČaNi, 1372–89 (?)
This is the grave of ivaniš altomanović, Despot ivaniš’s grandson, a nephew of Prince Lazar, may his memory be eternal!
The inscription on a gravestone in Dečani: Ni i, 55 (174)
THe FOUNDaTiON OF BiSHOP SiMON iN GRaČaNiCa, 1383
(...) These sacred books shall belong to the Church of the all-holy Mother of God of Lipljan, in the village called Gra- čanica, by order of the Most Reverend archbishop Kyrr Si- mon who endeavored a lot in this holy monastery, built ev- erything from its foundation and adorned it and filled it with every proper righteousness, both exterior and interior (...) Please bless and pardon him who copied this book, even though he is unworthy to be called Monk Nikodim (...) This book was copied in the year 6891 (1383), of the 6th indiction. The note in the Menaion of the Gračanica Monastery: Ni i, 49 (155)
THe BeLL FOR ST. NiCHOLaS’ CHURCH iN BaNja NeaR PeĆ, 1432
This bell of the Holy Father Nicholas was made in the year 6940, on august 11th. Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise Him with the tuneful cymbals, unto Thee, O God, belongeth praise, praise Him all the angels, cheru- bim and seraphim. Thy faithful servant (...)
The inscription on the bell excavated in the village of Banja (Peć) in the vicinity of St. Nicholas’ church and then rebur- ied in the church for fear of the Turks: Ni i, 84–85 (256)
THe BOOK TRaNSCRiBeD iN THe ViLLaGe OF ViTOMiRCi, 1434
[The book was] transcribed (in the month of january?) 6942, in the seventh year after the demise of the devout Despot Stephen, during the reign of the godless Turkish emperor Murat-bey, in the area of the town of Skoplje, in the village of Vitomirci in the church of the Holy ascension of the Lord our God and Savior jesus Christ (...) This book was copied by sinful aksentije, the thurifer of the great Metropolinate of Skoplje. May the Lord pardon andra, brother of yours! The note in the MS of the Book of epistles of St. Demetrius in Suva Reka: Ni i, 85 (261)
THe BaTTLe NeaR PRiŠTiNa, OCTOBeR 27, 1448
(in the year 6957), in the month of October (27), on Friday, a multitude of people mustered [for fight] from the east and from the west: the Hungarian people [army] led by janko and
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