The Influence of Serbian Literacy in Wallachia and Moldavia in the 14th and the 15th Century
The Influence of Serbian Literacy in Wallachia and Moldavia in the 14th and the 15th Century

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the circumstances in which Serbian literacy reached the territory of the medieval principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia towards the end of the 14th and during the 15th century. The role of the hesychast Nikodim Grčić in that process is considered once again, particularly in light of the spiritual, cultural and artistic influences of the Mount Athos, where this spiritual mentor was closely associated with Isaiah. An insight into the structural, linguistic, and orthographic features of the Tetraevangelion connected with the territory of Wallachia reveals the physiognomy of its first scriptorium. Special attention is subsequently paid to reviewing the manuscripts of the Serbian rulers and ecclesiastical dignitaries that were connected in the 15th century with the books of the Moldavian monastery of Neamţ. In that context, relations will be examined between certain Serbian and Moldavian manuscripts in order to offer a more distinct picture of the role of Serbian literacy in the development of Moldavian literacy.

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