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Mojsije of Dečani (Serbian: Мојсије Дечанац, romanized: Mojsije Dečanac; fl. 1536–1545) was a printer of srbulje liturgical books and Orthodox hierodeacon.
Mojsije | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Rum Millet (Ottoman) |
Occupation(s) | Orthodox priest and printer |
Years active | fl. 1536–1545 |
Known for | one of the first Ottoman printers |
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]
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).
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