The Four Gospels of Târgoviște is a printed version of the four gospels, printed in 1512 in the Bulgarian redaction of

Church Slavonic Church Slavonic (, , literally "Church-Slavonic language"), also known as Church Slavic, New Church Slavonic or New Church Slavic, is the conservative Slavic liturgical language used by the Eastern Orthodox Church in Belarus, Bosnia and Herzeg ...

.Das Tetraevangelium des Makarije aus dem Jahre 1512. Der erste kirchenslavische Evangeliendruck. Faksimile-Ausgabe. Besorgt und eingeleitet von Heinz Miklas unter Mitwirkung von Stefan Godorogea und Christian Hannick. Padreborn, Muenchen, Wien, Zuerich, 1999. (=Biblia Slavica IV/1).
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Tarnovo Literary School The Tarnovo Literary School ( bg, Търновска книжовна школа) of the late 14th and 15th century was a major medieval Bulgarian cultural academy with important contribution to the Medieval Bulgarian literature established in the ...

spelling rules. It was printed in

Târgoviște Târgoviște (, alternatively spelled ''Tîrgoviște''; german: Tergowisch) is a city and county seat in Dâmbovița County, Romania. It is situated north-west of Bucharest, on the right bank of the Ialomița River. Târgoviște was one of the ...

, the capital of

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at the time, at the behest of the

Voivode Voivode (, also spelled ''voievod'', ''voevod'', ''voivoda'', ''vojvoda'' or ''wojewoda'') is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the me ...

Neagoe Basarab Neagoe Basarab (; c.1459 – 15 September 1521) was the Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia between 1512 and 1521. Born into the boyar family of the Craioveşti (his reign marks the climax of the family's political influence) as the son of Pârvu Cra ...

. The edition is ornately decorated by Serbian Hieromonk Makarije.Старобългарска литература: енциклопедичен речник (съст. Д. Петканова). С., 2003, 520.

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