Kočerin tablet
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The Kočerin Tablet is the longest and most important medieval tablets written in Croatian Cyrillic .
, 9 kilometers away from the city of Široki Brijeg
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to the right side of the priest's office. In 2004, it was moved to the inside of the Priest's office.
The script on the first line first indicates the signs of the cross, and the words: VA IME OCE I SINA I SVETOGA DUHA AMIN SE LEZI VIGANJ MILOSEVIC. In the tablet, five rulers are mentioned: Banus Stjepan, King Tvrtko
, King Dabiša, Queen Gruba, King Ostoja. The text ends by saying :I MOLU VAS NE NASTUPITE NA ME JA SAM BIL KAKO VI ESTE VI ĆETE BITI KAKOV SAM JA. The text is written in Ikavian dialect.
Creation
It was made in 1404 on the bottom of a tombstone in the cemetery of Viginja Miloševič, a historical village, located close to the village of KočerinKočerin
Kočerin is a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 1991 census, the village is located in the municipality of Široki Brijeg.-References:...
, 9 kilometers away from the city of Široki Brijeg
Široki Brijeg
-Name:The name of the city means "the wide hill" in Croatian . The city is also sometime referred to as "Široki Brig" and among the inhabitants of Herzegovina simply as "Široki" . Between 1945 and 1990, the name was officially Lištica, after the river that flows through it.-Geography:The river...
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1880-Present
Between 1880 and 1883, it was moved to KočerinKočerin
Kočerin is a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 1991 census, the village is located in the municipality of Široki Brijeg.-References:...
to the right side of the priest's office. In 2004, it was moved to the inside of the Priest's office.
Dimensions
The tablet measures 54 cm across on the bottom, 49 cm in the middle, and 50 cm at the top. It measures 137 cm in height. The top part is damaged.Text
The tablet contains 25 rows of script, with 9-15 characters on each line. The tablet contains 300 Croatian Cyrillic characters in total, the largest known text in Croatian Cyrillic.The script on the first line first indicates the signs of the cross, and the words: VA IME OCE I SINA I SVETOGA DUHA AMIN SE LEZI VIGANJ MILOSEVIC. In the tablet, five rulers are mentioned: Banus Stjepan, King Tvrtko
Tvrtko I of Bosnia
Stjepan Tvrtko I was a ruler of medieval Bosnia. He ruled in 1353–1366 and again in 1367–1377 as Ban and in 1377–1391 as the first Bosnian King....
, King Dabiša, Queen Gruba, King Ostoja. The text ends by saying :I MOLU VAS NE NASTUPITE NA ME JA SAM BIL KAKO VI ESTE VI ĆETE BITI KAKOV SAM JA. The text is written in Ikavian dialect.