![]() Two pages from prototypical edition of The Rujan Four Gospels | |
Status | defunct (1537) |
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Founded | 1537 |
Country of origin | Ottoman Empire (modern day Serbia) |
Headquarters location | village Vrutci of Rujno Župa near Užice, |
Key people | Hieromonk Teodosije |
Publication types | srbulje |
Owner(s) | Monastery of Saint George (Rujno Monastery) |
The Rujno Monastery printing house (Serbian: Штампарија манастира Рујно) was a printing house established in 1537 in the Monastery of Saint George (Rujno Monastery) in village Vrutci of Rujno Župa near Užice, Ottoman Empire (modern day Serbia). The monastery had substantial income from its nearby spa so it established the printing house. Still, this income was insufficient for metal types. That is why hieromonk Teodosije, hegumen of the monastery, and his fellow monks, made types of 250 engraved wooden plates. They printed one book in this printing house, The Rujan Four Gospels (Serbian: Рујанско Четворојеванђеље). The Ottomans burned monastery together with its printing house to prevent further printing of books. Since 1984 the remnants of this monastery are below Lake Vrutci.