Hrvoje's Missal
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|location_of_document= Topkapı Palace Museum Manuscript Library, Istambul, Turkey
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|purpose=Liturgical book
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The Hrvoje's Missal ({{langx|hr|Hrvojev misal}}) is a 15th-century missal written in Glagolitic alphabet.{{cite book|last1=Fine|first1=John V. A.|title=When Ethnicity Did Not Matter in the Balkans: A Study of Identity in Pre-Nationalist Croatia, Dalmatia, and Slavonia in the Medieval and Early-Modern Periods|date=5 February 2010|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=978-0472025602|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wEF5oN5erE0C&q=john+fine|language=en}}
History
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This liturgical book was written in Split by the resident calligrapher and Glagolitic scribe Butko in 1407 or later for Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić (Kotor around 1350–1416) who was a Grand Duke of Bosnia, Knez of Donji Kraji, and Duke of Split.{{cite journal |last1=Sulejmanagić |first1=Amer |title=Novac Hrvoja Vukčića Hrvatinića |journal=Numizmatičke Vijesti |date=30 November 2012 |volume=54 |issue=65 |pages=54–85 |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=280466 |access-date=8 May 2020 |trans-title=Coins minted by Duke Hrvoja Vukčića Hrvatinića |language=sh |format=html, pdf |issn=0546-9422}}{{cite book |last1=Fine |first1=John V. A. (Jr ) |authorlink1=John V. A. Fine |title=When Ethnicity Did Not Matter in the Balkans: A Study of Identity in Pre-Nationalist Croatia, Dalmatia, and Slavonia in the Medieval and Early-Modern Periods |date=2010 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |isbn=978-0-472-02560-2 |page=127 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wEF5oN5erE0C&q=Vuk%C4%8Di%C4%87 |access-date=8 May 2020 |language=en |quote=Ladislav of Naples, who in the first years of the fifteenth century laid claim to the Hungarian throne, made Hrvoje his deputy for this Dalmatian territory, calling him his Vicar General for the regions of Slavonia (in partibus Sclavonie). Thus, like Venice, the Neapolitans still considered the region simply “Slavonia,” and Hrvoje seems to have had no objections to the nomenclature.}}{{cite book |last1=Fine |first1=John V. A. |title=The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LvVbRrH1QBgC&q=Ladislas+of+Naples%2C+hoping+to+retain+both+this+territory+and+Hrvoje%27s+support%2C+gave+his+blessing+to+Hrvoje%27s+ambitions+and+recognized+him+as+his+deputy+for+this+region.&pg=PA398 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |page=398 |access-date=10 March 2019 |language=en |date=1994 |isbn=0472082604 |quote=Ladislas of Naples, hoping to retain both this territory and Hrvoje's support, gave his blessing to Hrvoje's ambitions and recognized him as his deputy for this region.}} Hrvoje Vukčić was the most prominent member of the House of Hrvatinić and the strongest of the three main feudalists of the medieval Bosnian state,{{cite book|last1=Fine|first1=John V. A.|last2=Fine|first2=John Van Antwerp|title=The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest|year=1994|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=0472082604|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LvVbRrH1QBgC&q=john+fine|language=en}}{{cite book|last1=Donia|first1=Robert J.|last2=Fine|first2=John Van Antwerp|title=Bosnia and Hercegovina: A Tradition Betrayed|year=1994|publisher=Hurst|isbn=9781850652120|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0rIGA0rluO0C&q=A+Tradition+Betrayed+Robert+J.+Donia%2C+John+Van+Antwerp+Fine|language=en}} who in addition held lands and titles in Croatia and Hungary.[https://archive.org/stream/vojvodahrvojevu01igoog#page/n104/mode/2up Ferdo Šišić, Vojvoda Hrvoje Vukcic Hrvatinic i njegovo doba. (1350-1416) s jednim tlorisom i zemljovidom te s cetiri redoslovne table] pp. 92-
Description
This document is dedicated to Hrvoje Vukčić, and is of great significance to Croatian and Bosnian history. Hrvoje's Missal found its way to Istanbul and is currently kept at the Topkapı Palace Museum Manuscript Library. The knowledge of its existence was lost, until it was mentioned by linguists Vatroslav Jagic, L. Thallóczy and F. Wickhoff in the 19th Century. The book's location in the Topkapi Palace was determined by the art historian Mara Harisijadis in 1963. Once bound in precious covers, from 19th century Hrvoje's Missal is in leather binding. It contains 247 folios, which includes 96 miniatures and 380 initials and many more small initials. Some details are made of golden leaves. It is written in two columns on 488 pp (22.5x31 cm), and contains also some music notation. Some initials contain architectural elements of the Dalmatian city of Split. The peculiarity and particular value of the Hrvoje's Missal lies in its combination of eastern and western principles in terms of composition and contents, thus making it a truly invaluable work with a place in the regional and transregional history of art.
See also
References
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- V. Jagić - L. Thalloczy - F. Wickhoff: [https://archive.org/details/missaleglagolit00unkngoog Missale glagoliticum Hervoiae ducis Spalatensis], Wien, 1891.
- Glagoljski misal Hrvoja Vukčića (fototipsko izdanje), Staroslavenski institut-Mladinska knjiga-Akademische Druck - u. Verlagsanstalt, Zagreb-Ljubljana-Graz, 1973.
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Category:15th century in Croatia
Category:Croatian Glagolitic texts
Category:Hrvatinić noble family