Charter of Hilandar

Charter of Hilandar Хиландарска повеља
Created	1198–99
Signatories	Stefan Nemanja
Purpose	charter

Charter of Hilandar (Serbian: Хиландарска повеља) is the founding charter of the Hilandar monastery, the cradle of the Serbian Orthodox Church and main endowment of Stefan Nemanja and Saint Sava. It was written in 1198, while the second revision, of Stefan the First-Crowned in 1200–01.

Until 1896, the oldest Serbian charter in the Hilandar archives was the founding charter of Hilandar, while the oldest manuscript book in the Hilandar library was Miroslav's Gospel.^[1]

Revision

Charter of Hilandar Хиландарска повеља
Created	1200–01
Location	Hilandar
Signatories	Stefan Nemanjić
Purpose	charter

The original of Stefan II's revision is located in the Hilandar.

See also

• Hilandar Typicon
• Karyes Typicon
• Serbian manuscripts

References

1. Arhivist. 1–4. 1951. p. 48. До 1896 год. најстарија српска повеља у хиландарском архиву била је оснивачка повеља Симеона Немање из 1198 — 1199 год., а најстарија српска рукописна књига у хиландарској библиотеци била је Мирослављево јеванђеље ...

Sources

• Solovjev, Aleksandar Vasiljević (1926). Hilandarska povelja velikog župana Stefana (Prvovenčanog) iz godine 1200-1202. Drž. štamp. Kraljevine Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca.
• Henrik Birnbaum; Speros Vryonis (1972). Aspects of the Balkans: continuity and change. Contributions to the International Balkan Conference held at UCLA, October 23-28, 1969. Mouton. pp. 263–268.

External links

• "Hilandarska povelja". Stefan Prvovenčani: Sabrani spisi (in Serbian). Projekt Rastko.
• "Hilandarska povelja Simeona Nemanje". Sveti Sava: Sabrani spisi (in Serbian). Projekt Rastko.