Miroslav Gospels

Miroslav Gospels (Serbian: Мирослављево Јевађеље or Miroslavljevo Jevanđelje) is a 362-page illuminated manuscript Gospel Book on parchment, with very rich decorations. It is one of the oldest surviving documents written in Serbian Church Slavonic, along with the Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja.

The first to discover and study the manuscript were three Russian scholars: Vladimir Stasov, Fyodor Buslayev, and Nikodim Kondakov. The earliest facsimile edition appeared in Vienna in 1897. The book was traditionally preserved in the Hilandar Monastery on Mount Athos, but, after passing through several hands during World War II, it wound up at the collection of the National Museum of Serbia in Belgrade.

The book was transcribed in Kotor (in today's Montenegro) between 1186 and 1190 from an earlier text. "Miroslav Gospels" were commissioned by Serbian prince Miroslav from Hum, today's east Herzegovina (in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina). Most pages are by the scribe Varsameleon from Zeta, with the last few pages being by the scribe Gligorije from Raška.