Gršković's fragment of the Acts of the Apostles

Gršković's fragment of the Acts of the Apostles (Serbo-Croatian: Гршковићев одломак Апостолa, Grškovićev odlomak Apostola) is medieval Bosnian^[1] codex, which represents one of the oldest preserved monuments written in Glagolitic script in Old Slavic language, a passage from the Acts of the Apostles.

It is considered, based on some features of the language (e.g. replacing the letter f with the letter p, i.e. Stepan instead of Stefan) and the Glagolitic alphabet itself, that it was created at the end of 11th century or at the beginning of the 12th century on the territory of Bosnia or Zeta or Zahumlje.^[2]

It is written in Glagolitic transitional type, between Macedonian and Croatian.^[3]

The passage itself consists of four sheets of parchment measuring 15.5 by 21.7 centimetres (6.1 in × 8.5 in), facing east (Orthodox) rite and is related, in terms of the place and time of origin, the so-called Mihanović's fragment.^[4]

Fragments were found at the end of the 19th century by priest Jerko Gršković in Vrbnik on Krk and according to him these fragments got its name. They are kept in the archive of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.^[5]

See also

• Gospel of Mary
• List of Glagolitic manuscripts (900–1199)
• Lists of Glagolitic manuscripts

References

1. Kuna 2008, p. 150.
2. Minić, Petar (5 April 2018). "Grškovićev odlomak" Гршковићев одломак. Museum of Serbian Language (in Serbian (Cyrillic script)). Students of the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade. Archived from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
3. Žagar, Mateo (2008). "Grafetičke posebnosti tekstova istočne grane hrvatskoga glagoljaštva" [Graphetic specialities of the texts of the eastern branch of the Croatian Glagolitism]. Slovo: Journal of Old Church Slavonic Institute (in Croatian) (56–57). Zagreb: Staroslavenski institut: 698. Archived from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
4. "Grškovićev odlomak Apostola". Croatian Encyclopedia (in Croatian). Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
5. "Grškovićev Apostol". Proleksis Encyclopedia (in Croatian). Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža. 22 June 2012. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.

Bibliography

• Kuna, Herta (2008). Srednjovjekovna bosanska književnost [Medieval Bosnian literature] (in Bosnian). International Forum Bosnae. ISSN 1512-5122.