Trojan Gundulić ( sr-Cyrl, Тројан Гундулић, ; c. 1500 - c. 1555) was a

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and

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from the

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who is remembered for his participation in the Belgrade printing house, '' The Four Gospels'' ("Četverojevanđelje").

Life

Trojan was born in the town of

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in the

(modern-day

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) into the Gondola family (Gundulić), which was a Ragusan noble family of Italian origins. Gundulić started as a barber in his hometown and remained in this trade after his arrival to Ottoman-held

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(modern-day

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). He later went into the trade business, which enabled him to finance the printing of books. A large printing shop was established in Gundulić's house after he learned the printing trade from his mentor Radiša Dmitrović. Gundulić continued the work on ''Četverojevanđelje'' started by Radiša Dmitrović, who died early. In his turn, Gundulić passed the work to

Hieromonk Mardarije Hieromonk Mardarije ( sr-cyr, Јеромонах Мардарије; 1552–66) was a Serbian Orthodox Church, Serbian Orthodox hieromonk and one of the most important early Serbs, Serb printers. Mardarije was the first Belgrade printer and last ...

of Mrkšina Crkva Monastery, an experienced printer. According to some sources, it was Hieromonk Mardarije who inspired first Dmitrović and then Gundulić to invest in printing business and organized all activities during set up of the printing house in Belgrade. After the death of Gundulić in Belgrade c. 1555, 121 printed books were found in his house, including 59 copies of the

Gospel Gospel originally meant the Christianity, Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the second century Anno domino, AD the term (, from which the English word originated as a calque) came to be used also for the books in which the message w ...

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