Mojsije
Born
NationalityRum Millet (Ottoman)
Occupation(s)Orthodox priest and printer
Years activefl. 1536–1545
Known forone of the first Ottoman printers

Mojsije of Dečani (Serbian: Мојсије Дечанац, romanized: Mojsije Dečanac; fl. 1536–1545) was a printer of srbulje liturgical books and Orthodox hierodeacon.

Biography

Mojsije was born to a Serbian family in Budimlja, part of the Sanjak of Scutari of the Ottoman Empire (modern-day Montenegro).[1] He took monastic vows and was a monk at the monastery of Visoki Dečani (in Kosovo).

In the period of 1536–1538 Mojsije was a printer at the Vuković printing house in Venice, Republic of Venice.[2] Besides Mojsije, typographers who worked at the printing house of Vićenco Vuković included also Hieromonk Pahomije, priests Genadije and Teodosije, and laity like Stefan Marinović and Jakov Krajkov.[3]

In 1536 Mojsije printed Zbornik za putnike and in 1537 he participated in printing of the Octoechos.[4] In 1538 Mojsije printed the most luxurious and lengthiest edition of Praznični minej.[5]

When Dimitrije Ljubavić went to Târgoviște in Wallachia he brought with him Mojsije.[6] In 1545 Mojsije, now a hieromonk, printed the first book in Ljubavić's printing house.[7]

Annotations

In Serbian, he is simply known with his monastic rank as "Hierodeacon Mojsije" (Serbian: јерођакон Мојсије, romanized: jerođakon Mojsije). His name translated into English is "Mojsije of Dečani" (Мојсије Дечанац, Mojsije Dečanac).[8] He is also scarcely called "Mojsije of Budimlja" (Мојсије Будимљанин, Mojsije Budimljanin).

See also

References

  1. Matica srpska 1996, p. 131.
  2. (Aćimović & Đorđević 1987, p. 72)
  3. Istorija srpskog naroda: knj. Srbi pod tuđinskom vlašđu, 1537-1699 (2 v.). Srpska književna zadruga. 1993. p. 123. ISBN 9788637904762.
  4. (Cleminson 2000, p. 9)
  5. (Đorđić 1987, p. 189)
  6. Goraždanska štamparija 1519-1523. Narodna biblioteka Srbije. 2008. p. 336. ISBN 9788670351837. Сасвим је могућно да је то био Мојсије Дечанац, који је 1536—8. радио у венецијанској штампарији Божидара Вуковића
  7. (Aćimović & Đorđević 1987, p. 72)
  8. Pavle Ivić (1995). The history of Serbian culture. Porthill Publishers. p. 141. ISBN 9781870732314.

Sources

Further reading

  • Pavle Ivić; Mitar Pešikan (1995). "Serbian Printing". The History of Serbian Culture. Project Rastko.
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