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Milica Grković *THE FIRST CHARTER OF THE DEČANI MONASTERY* (MNEMOSYNE Center and the Archive of Serbia in cooperation with the monastery of Visoki Dečani, Belgrade 2004) (178 pages, hard cover, with parallel English and Serbian texts, glossary, registers and the map of the Dečani monastery endowments) ISBN 86-84431-02-2

The publication presents the charter granted to the monastery of Dečani in 1330 on the occasion of its foundation. Apart from this charter, two other versions in the form of a book have been preserved.
	Some thirty years ago Pavle Ivić and Milica Grković edited for publication all of the three Dečani charters. Unfortunately, the scope of the charters did not allow for a comprehensive study of the First Chrysobull presenting complete information from the original document and meeting the needs of readers. In this book, published by MNEMOSYNE Center in Cooperation with the Archive of Serbia and the Monastery of Dečani, the original text of the charter and its translations into modern Serbian and English languages, are accompanied with a comprehensive introductory study, a glossary and registers.
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Publishers MNEMOSYNE – Center for Protection of Natural and Cultural Heritage of Kosovo and Metohija Serbian Orthodox Monastery Visoki Decani Museum in Priština (displaced) The Archive of Serbia For the publisher Branko V. Jokic Editor Mirjana Menković Reviewers Prof. Jelka Redjep, PhD Prof. Ljubomirka Krkljuš, PhD Sources of illustrations MNEMOSYNE – Center for Protection of Natural and Cultural Heritage of Kosovo and Metohija The Archive of Serbia Photoprint of the Charter Saša Reljić Photographer Branislav Strugar Translated by Randall A. Major Proofreaders of the English text protosynkellos Sava (Janjic) Snežana Ivanišević de Berthet Computer design and layout Davor Palčić Map layout Mirela Butirić Design Design Studio Popović
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION THE DEČANI CHRYSOBULLS OF KING STEFAN UROŠ III Historical Background Description and Content The Second and Third Versions Orthography and Language Organization of Life on the Endowments The Onomastic Data from the Endowments Conclusion THE TEXT OF THE FIRST DEČANI CHRYSOBULL AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN THE TEXT OF THE FIRST DEČANI CHRYSOBULL TRANSLITERATED AND TRANSCRIBED TRANSLATION OF THE FIRST DEČANI CHRYSOBULL IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE FIRST DEČANI CHRYSOBULL IN MODERN SERBIAN THE FIRST DEČANI CHRYSOBULL WRITTEN IN 1330 IN THE CHANCELLERIES OF TFHE ROYAL COURT IN PORODIMLJA IN KOSOVO GLOSSARY AND REGISTERS About the Glossary of unfamiliar words and the registers Glossary of unfamiliar words Register of personal names, patronyms and nicknames Register of place names MAP OF THE DEČANI MONASTERY ENDOWMENTS IN 1330