Cetinje chronicle
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The Cetinje Chronicle (Serbian: Цетињски љетопис/Cetinjski ljetopis) is a collection of manuscripts (letters, documents, reports and poems) compiled by Vasilije Petrović who added some of his own writings to it. It contains 81 leaves of dimensions 32 cm x 21,5 cm. It is kept in Cetinje monastery. There are other versions of this collection (in Odessa, St Petersburg, &c.)[1] which are not identical to the original because the original texts were transcribed by different people at different times. The first scholar who used this chronicle as source for his works was Vasilije Petrović who used it for his work on history of Montenegro, published in Moscow in 1754.
Cetinje chronicle (Cetinjski ljetopis) | |
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Cetinje monastery | |
Also known as | Montenegrin Chronicle |
Type | Charter |
Place of origin | Serbian monasteries in the Zeta Plain |
Language(s) | Serbian recension of Church Slavonic |
Author(s) | Unknown |
Compiled by | Vasilije Petrović |
Size | 32 cm x 21.5 cm |
Script | Serbian Cyrillic |
Additions | by Vasilije Petrović |
´There are several preserved transcriptions of this manuscript collection. The original is kept in Cetinje monastery. One version was given in 1830 by Njegoš to Polish collector Kucharski. After Kucharski's death it was purchased by Odessa University.[2]