| Cetinje chronicle (Cetinjski ljetopis) | |
|---|---|
| Cetinje monastery | |
 "Ode to Nemanja", by bishop Vasilije Petrović, inscription in the Cetinje Chronicle | |
| Also known as | Montenegrin Chronicle |
| Type | Charter |
| Place of origin | Serbian monasteries in the Zeta Plain |
| Language(s) | Serbian recension of Church Slavonic |
| Author(s) | Unknown |
| Compiled by | Vasilije Petrović |
| Size | 32 cm x 21.5 cm |
| Script | Serbian Cyrillic |
| Additions | by Vasilije Petrović |
The Cetinje Chronicle (Serbian: Цетињски љетопис/Cetinjski ljetopis) is a collection of manuscripts (letters, documents, reports and poems) compiled by Vasilije Petrović who added some of his own writings to it. It contains 81 leaves of dimensions 32 cm x 21,5 cm. It is kept in Cetinje monastery. There are other versions of this collection (in Odessa, St Petersburg, &c.)[1] which are not identical to the original because the original texts were transcribed by different people at different times. The first scholar who used this chronicle as source for his works was Vasilije Petrović who used it for his work on history of Montenegro, published in Moscow in 1754.
´There are several preserved transcriptions of this manuscript collection. The original is kept in Cetinje monastery. One version was given in 1830 by Njegoš to Polish collector Kucharski. After Kucharski's death it was purchased by Odessa University.[2]
- ^ "Nastajanje, čuvanje i korišćenje arhivske građe za vrijeme vladika iz raznih plemena i prvih Petrovića". Državni Arhiv Crne Gore. 2011. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
Prijepisa Cetinjskog ljetopisa nalazimo u Rusiji (Odesa, Petrograd...), Bugarskoj i drugim zemljama.
- ^ Martinović 1962
U nauci su poznata dva cetinjska ljetopisa, od kojih se jedan ne nalazi u Manastiru cetinjskom. Oni su sadržajem različiti, iako se ne isključuju. Razlika je među njima u vremenu pisanja. Prvi doseže do kraja XV vijeka. Njega je proučavao Vatroslav Jagić, prema rukopisu br. 104 Biblioteke Odeskog univerziteta. On se nalazi u zaostavštini poljskog slaviste A. Kuharskog, koju je otkupio Novorosijskij univerzitet u Odesi.