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.

Charter of Hilandar
Хиландарска повеља
Hilandar monastery
Created1198–99
LocationHilandar
Serbia
SignatoriesStefan Nemanja
Stefan Nemanjić
Purposecharter

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.[1]

Both charters are written in Serbian recension of Church Slavonic (literary) language, but the vernacular is present in the parts where the gifts to Hilandar are discussed. The original version of Stefan II's revision is located in the Hilandar.[2]

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  1. ^ Arhivist. Vol. 1–4. 1951. p. 48. До 1896 год. најстарија српска повеља у хиландарском архиву била је оснивачка повеља Симеона Немање из 1198 — 1199 год., а најстарија српска рукописна књига у хиландарској библиотеци била је Мирослављево јеванђеље ...
  2. ^ "Хиландарска оснивачка повеља Стефана Немање – Виртуелни музеј српског језика".

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