Serbian chronicles

This is a list of Serbian chronicles, most often referring to works of the Middle Ages, until the Ottoman conquest, hence called Old Serbian chronicles (Serbian: Стари српски летописи/Stari srpski letopisi). There exist approximately 30 Serbian chronicles from the period between 1390 and 1526. Chronicles are divided into letopisi (annals, chronicles) and rodoslovi (genealogies), and in turn by source age into "older" (stariji) and "younger" (mlađi).[1]


Name Time frame Composed Notes
Carostavnik 14th century
Vrhobreznica Chronicle –1371 1650 Gavrilo, a hermit, collected earlier annals in his redaction composed in 1650 at the Vrhobreznica monastery. Part of a manuscript archived as Prague Museum #29 (together with Vrhobreznica Genealogy).[2]
Vrhobreznica Genealogy 1650 Gavrilo, a hermit, shortened an earlier original in his redaction composed in 1650 at the Vrhobreznica monastery. Part of a manuscript archived as Prague Museum #29 (together with Vrhobreznica Chronicle).[2]
Constantine's Genealogy 1166–1431 1431 Constantine of Kostenets's Life of Despot Stefan Lazarević includes a genealogy of the Nemanjić dynasty up until Despot Stefan Lazarević, in chapters 14–16. Survived in several manuscripts.[3]
Koporin Chronicle –1371 1453 Damjan, a deacon, wrote the annals on the order of Archbishop of Zeta, Josif, at the Koporin monastery.[4]
Studenica Chronicle –in 14th c. 1350–1400 Oldest survived copy in a 16th-century manuscript, together with a younger annals.[5]
Cetinje Chronicle –in 14th c. end of 16th c. A manuscript collection from the end of the 16th c.[6]
Karlovac Chronicle 1418–27
Dečani Chronicle 1450–1500 1595 manuscript.
Karlovci Chronicle 1503 [7]
Tronoša Chronicle 1526 1791 manuscript.
Peć Chronicle –in 14th c. early 16th c. [8]
Ruvarac's Genealogy –in 16th c. 1533–1584 The manuscript written 1712–25, archived as 'Karl. patr. bibl. br. 175', includes a genealogy, list of Serbian patriarchs, and a younger annals.[9]
Berković Chronicle
Branković Chronicle
Ostojić Chronicle
Sečenić Chronicle
Vukomanović Chronicle
Pejatović Chronicle 17th c. 17th-century manuscript, published by At. Pejatović in Spomenik XXXVIII. Archived as 'Nar. Bibl. br. 631'.[10]
Ćorović Chronicle A manuscript dating to the end of 17th c./beg. 18th c., published by Vladimir Ćorović in Spomenik LXVI. Archived as 'III a 43'.[10]
Magarašević Chronicle
Pajsije's Genealogy pre-1642 Pajsije, Serbian Patriarch (1614–1647), included a genealogy in the Life of Emperor Uroš.[11]
  1. ^ Stojanović 1927.
  2. ^ a b Stojanović 1927, pp. IX, XXXV.
  3. ^ Stojanović 1927, pp. VIII, XXXV.
  4. ^ Stojanović 1927, pp. XXXIV, .
  5. ^ Stojanović 1927, pp. XXXIV, XXXV.
  6. ^ Stojanović 1927, pp. XXXV.
  7. ^ Stojanović 1927, pp. IX.
  8. ^ Stojanović 1927, p. XXXIV.
  9. ^ Stojanović 1927, pp. VIII.
  10. ^ a b Stojanović 1927, pp. XI.
  11. ^ Stojanović 1927, pp. IX–X, .