Gospel of Divoš
14–15th century Bosnian Cyrillic manuscript
The Gospel of Divoš Tihoradić or Divoš's Gospel, is a manuscript belonging to a member of the Bosnian Church. The Gospel is named after its commissioner, Bosnian nobleman and the lord of the Usora, Divoš Tihoradić, who lived in the first half of the 14th century. The gospel is one of the most important illuminated manuscripts of medieval Bosnia.
It was found in September 1960 in the Serbian Orthodox monastery in the Church of St. Nicholas in Podvrh near Bijelo Polje in Montenegro. The copyist and illuminator of the Divoš Gospel is unknown. It is assumed that it was made by Manuel (Emanuel) the Greek, a copyist and illuminator.
The manuscript of Divoš's Gospel is composed on sturdy parchment, measuring 16.5x22.5 cm. It has no cover, and the beginning and end are missing. The text is written in dark maroon ink, and the beginnings of the chapters in red ink.
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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 24, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q20923417. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1960.
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