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Charter of Hilandar

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Created
  
1198–99

Purpose
  
charter

Signatories
  
Stefan Nemanja

Charter of Hilandar

Charter of Hilandar (Serbian: Хиландарска повеља) is the founding charter of the Hilandar monastery, the cradle of the Serbian Orthodox Church and main endowment of Stefan Nemanja and Saint Sava. It was written in 1198, while the second revision, of Stefan the First-Crowned in 1200–01.

Until 1896, the oldest Serbian charter in the Hilandar archives was the founding charter of Hilandar, while the oldest manuscript book in the Hilandar library was Miroslav's Gospel.

Revision

The original of Stefan II's revision is located in the Hilandar.

References

Charter of Hilandar Wikipedia