Erlangen Manuscript ( sr, Ерлангенски рукопис) is a

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, t ...

manuscript A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand – or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten – as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in ...

dated between 1716 and 1733 that contains one of the earliest written collections (217 songs) of

epic poetry An epic poem, or simply an epic, is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants. ...

written in the

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. The unnamed author wrote the manuscript for the Austrian military commander Prince Eugene of Savoy, a governor in Habsburg-occupied Serbia. It was discovered in 1913 by the

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Elias von Steinmeyer in the University Library in

Erlangen Erlangen (; East Franconian: ''Erlang'', Bavarian: ''Erlanga'') is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the administrative district Erlangen-Höchstadt (former administrative district Erlangen), and with 116,062 inhab ...

and studied in depth by Gerhard Gesemann who used it for his habilitation in 1921. It was first published to the public in

Sremski Karlovci Sremski Karlovci ( sr-cyrl, Сремски Карловци, ; hu, Karlóca; tr, Karlofça) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the banks of the Danu ...

in 1925. The Erlangen Manuscript is mixture of Christian and Muslim songs. Estimates of the number of Muslim songs vary between 36 and 46.

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* *{{cite journal, last=Kleut, first=Marija N., year=2015, title=About the origins and destiny of the Erlangen Manuscript, journal=Južnoslovenski Filolog, volume=71, issue=3–4, url=http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?id=0350-185X1504029K#.V8D9YqInO71, pages=29–42, doi=10.2298/JFI1504029K, doi-access=free South Slavic history Folk music publications Serbian folklore Serbian manuscripts Serbian epic poetry Cyrillic manuscripts 18th-century manuscripts