Mrkšina crkva printing house
historical printing house in Ottoman Serbia
The Mrkšina crkva printing house (printing house in the monastery of Mrkšina crkva; Serbian: штампарија Мркшина црква, штампарија у манастиру Мркшина црква, Мркшиначка штампарија / štamparija Mrkšina crkva, štamparija u manastiru Mrkšina crkva, Mrkšinačka štamparija) was a printing house established in 1562 in the monastery of Mrkšina crkva in village Kosjerić in Ottoman Serbia (today a town in Serbia). This printing house was operational until 1566 and printed two srbulje books, The Four Gospels (Четворојеванђеље / Četvorojevanđelje) in 1562 and The Flower Triod (Триод Цветни / Triod Cvetni) in 1566. In 1567 the Ottomans destroyed the church and its printing house.
Location
Today the exact location of this printing house is unknown. There are different theories about exact location of the monastery and its printing house, but all of them agree that it was somewhere near Kosjerić. One of the most possible locations is above the county house and mouth of the river Kladoroba and Skrapež.
Printing
The books created in the printing house were edited and printed by Hieromonk Mardarije. According to some sources, it was Mardarije who inspired first Dmitrović and then Trojan Gundulić to invest in a printing business and organized all activities during the set up of the printing house in Belgrade. Some sources explain that Mardarije moved a printing press from Belgrade to monastery of Mrkšina crkva. Two books were printed in the Mrkšina crkva printing house:
The Four Gospels (Четворојеванђеље / Četvorojevanđelje) in 1562 and
The Flower Triod (Триод Цветни / Triod Cvetni) in 1566.
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