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| Editor | Hieromonk Makarije |
|---|---|
| Language | Church Slavonic of theSerbian recension |
| Published | 1494 (Crnojević printing house) |
| Publication place | Principality of Zeta |
| Pages | 540 |
TheCetinje Octoechos (Serbian:Цетињски октоих orCetinjski oktoih) is aSerbian Orthodoxliturgical bookprinted in 1494 inCetinje, the capital of thePrincipality of Zeta (present-dayMontenegro). It is the firstincunabulum written in theSerbian recension ofChurch Slavonic, as well as the first book printed inCyrillic inSoutheast Europe. Theoctoechos was produced under the direction ofHieromonk Makarije at theCrnojević printing house, which was founded in 1493 byĐurađ Crnojević, the ruler of Zeta. Printed in two instalments, its first volume contains the hymns to be sung to the first four tones of theOctoechos system of musical modes, and the hymns for the remaining four tones are included in the second volume. The two volumes are called Octoechos of the First Tone (Oktoih prvoglasnik) and Octoechos of the Fifth Tone (Oktoih petoglasnik), respectively.
Octoechos of the First Tone (Oktoih prvoglasnik) was finished on 4 January 1494.[1] There are 108 copies of this book which survived. It contains 270 leaves sized 29 x 21.6 cm. It is characterized by high quality and clean two-coloured printing, red and black, with finely formed letters. It is decorated withheadpieces andinitials printed fromwoodcuts in the spirit of the Renaissance with traces of old manuscript traditions. In the quality of its print and decoration it is considered to be at the same level as Venetian production at that time. TheNational Library of Montenegro "Đurđe Crnojević" inCetinje published 600 facsimiles of Octoechos of the First Tone in 1987.
Octoechos of the Fifth Tone (Oktoih petoglasnik) represents the first illustratedSouth Slavic incunabulum. It is preserved in fragments, the longest one containing 37 leaves. It has six woodcut illustrations, made by an artist who managed to put rather complex compositions with many characters on a relatively small space.
Прва књига коју су одштампали био је Октоих првогласник, који је завршен 4. јануара 1494. године.
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