NEPOZNATI STUDENIČKI PREPIS „PROLOŠKOG ŽITIJA SVETOG SIMEONA“

Abstract

denica Transcript R7, written in 1831. The manuscript book in which the transcript is located has not been catalogued so far, so scientific analyses of its content are scarce – from the Beadroll of the Living and Deceased Studenica Monks, through the Troparion of Feasts and the Troparion of Saints, to the Life of the Holy Father Simeon - the prologue of Simeon’s hagiography, represent- ing the final section of the book. The records of two scribes provide precise data on the time of

the book’s creation, and based on them it can be pointed out that the first part was written on December 4th, 1829, and the second (within which The Life was written) - on November 18th, 1831.

Furthermore, the paper determines the place of the Studenica Transcript in the manu- script tradition. According to the peculiarities of The Life, it was determined that this tran- script belonged to the so-called younger verse edition of the Synaxarion that has no verses.

It is characterized by concise narration and presentation of the main details from the life of Saint Simeon, with special emphasis on his ktetor activities (the construction of the Studenica and Hilandar monasteries), spiritual ascension, myrrh pouring streaming and healing of the sick at Simeon’s grave in Studenica. At the end of the paper, we publish a compiled edition and translation of this Simeon’s prologue hagiography, recorded in the manuscript under the title Life of the Holy Father Simeon, prologue Life (Житије Светог Оца Симеона, пролошко житије; Манастир Студеница, бр. Р7, л. 109а–109б; 18. 11. 1831).