Hrvoje's Missal

The Hrvoje's Missal (Croatian: Hrvojev misal) is a 15th-century missal written in Glagolitic alphabet.^[1]

Hrvoje's Missal Hrvojev misal
Page from Hrvoje's Missal
Created	1404
Location	Topkapı Palace Museum Manuscript Library, Istambul, Turkey
Author(s)	Butko
Purpose	Liturgical book

History

Illumination of Hrvoje Vukčić (left) and his crest (right).

This liturgical book was written in Split by the resident calligrapher and Glagolitic scribe Butko in 1404 for Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić (Kotor around 1350–1416) who was a Grand Duke of Bosnia, Knez of Donji Kraji, and Duke of Split.^[2][3][4] 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,^[1][5][6] who in addition held lands and titles in Croatia and Hungary.^[7]

Description

This document is dedicated to Hrvoje Vukčić, and is of great significance to Croatian and Bosnian history.^[1][6] Hrvoje's Missal found its way to Istanbul and is currently kept at the Topkapı Palace Museum Manuscript Library.^[8] 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

• Glagolitic alphabet
• Hval Manuscript

References

1. Fine, John V. A. (5 February 2010). 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. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0472025602.
2. Sulejmanagić, Amer (30 November 2012). "Novac Hrvoja Vukčića Hrvatinića" [Coins minted by Duke Hrvoja Vukčića Hrvatinića] (html, pdf). Numizmatičke Vijesti (in Serbo-Croatian). 54 (65): 54–85. ISSN 0546-9422. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
3. Fine, John V. A. (Jr ) (2010). 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. University of Michigan Press. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-472-02560-2. Retrieved 8 May 2020. 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.
4. Fine, John V. A. (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. University of Michigan Press. p. 398. ISBN 0472082604. Retrieved 10 March 2019. 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.
5. Fine, John V. A.; Fine, John Van Antwerp (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472082604.
6. Donia, Robert J.; Fine, John Van Antwerp (1994). Bosnia and Hercegovina: A Tradition Betrayed. Hurst. ISBN 9781850652120.
7. Ferdo Šišić, Vojvoda Hrvoje Vukcic Hrvatinic i njegovo doba. (1350-1416) s jednim tlorisom i zemljovidom te s cetiri redoslovne table pp. 92-
8. Hrvoje's Missal ~ 1403-1404

• V. Jagić - L. Thalloczy - F. Wickhoff: 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.