СПИСАК СТВАРИ И ПОКРЕТНИХ ДОБАРА КНЕЗА МИЛОША У ПОЖАРЕВАЧКОМ И КРАГУЈЕВАЧКОМ ДВОРУ 1839. ГОДИНЕ
LIST OF ITEMS AND MOVABLE GOODS OF PRINCE MILOŠ AT POŽAREVAC AND KRAGUJEVAC COURTS IN 1839

Summary/Abstract: The paper contains two lists of items and movable goods of Prince Miloš at his courts in Požarevac and Kragujevac. The first document titled “The Inventory of Items from the Princely Court in Požarevac” (Инвентаријум наодећи се при књажеском Двору у Пожаревцу ствари) (No 2412) was compiled on 7/19 June 1839, and the second document titled “List of Princely Items and Goods in Kragujevac” (Списак од накодећи се ствари и добара књажески у Крагујевцу) (No 2413) was compiled on 15/27 June and 21 June / 3 July 1839. As Prince Miloš abdicated and left Serbia on 15 June 1839, the Ministry of Interior ordered on 16 June 1839 that the Prince’s private goods in Požarevac and Kragujevac be recorded. The Ministry entrusted this task to Arsenije Andrejević, the then Prince’s adjutant, who was soon appointed the supervisor of Prince Miloš’s entire property in Serbia. The inventory of movable goods and items of Prince Miloš at Požarevac and Kragujevac courts of June 1839 significantly supplements the knowledge about the fittings of the courts, the distribution of court premises and other auxiliary buildings, the interior, Prince’s estate, nutrition, and indirectly about the habits of the Prince and courtiers, everyday life, and the intertwined folk and oriental heritage, including the increasingly present central European influence, as witnessed by the names of clothes, tools, weaponry and other items. Barns full of cereals, cellars with stocks of fat, vegetable oil, salt, beans (…), a significant number of domestic animals in the immediate vicinity of Kragujevac and Požarevac residences confirm the assessment about the patriarchal character of rule of Prince Miloš. Both manuscripts were written in the pre-Vuk alphabet on 37х23.5 cm sheets and have been transcribed in the contemporary alphabet.

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