Ninac Vukoslavić

Ninac Vukoslavić (fl. 1450–59), called "the Serbian scribe" (dijak srpski),^[1] was the scribe and chancellor at the court of Albanian lord Scanderbeg; he authored at least four of Scanderbeg's documents written in Old Serbian. Two of the documents were letters to the Republic of Ragusa. The Albanian court used Serbian for communicating with the neighbouring Slavs.^[2] The 1450 letter in Slavic and Cyrillic sent to Ragusa by Skanderbeg from Lezhë, mentioned Ninac as his chancellor, and was signed as "Скедерь бегь" (Skeder beg).^[3] He served as Scanderbeg's scribe for at least 9 years.^[4]

See also

• Vukoslavić noble family

References

1. "Zakonik cara Stefana Dušana", Struški i Atonski rukopis, SANU, Beograd 1975, str. 32, nap. 34.
2. Jovanović 1990, "Two short letters sent by Đurađ Kastriot to the citizens of Dubrovnik (year 1450 and 1459) bear witness of existence of a scribe for Serbian language correspondence in Đurađ's court Office. In that time, in Albanian milieu, Serbian was a sort of official language in communicating with neighboring Slavic region. The language of these letters shows traces of Old Serbian, as well as other letters coming from Serbian Offices."
3. Miklosich, Fr. 1858, p. 443.
4. Idriz Ajeti (1969). Simpoziumi per Skenderbeun. Instituti Albanologjik. Tesko je poverovati da je Ninac Vukosalic, koji je bio Sknderbegov dijak najmanje devet godina a njegov gospodar pove- ravao mu je vazne politicke misije, napisao samo cetiri isprave46.

Sources

• Jovanović, Gordana (1990). "Starosrpski jezik u dva pisma Đurđa Kastriota Dubrovčanima". Stanovništvo slovenskog porijekla u Albaniji. Cetinje: Rastko.
• Miklosich, Fr., ed. (1858), Monumenta Serbica spectantia Historiam Serbiæ Bosnæ Ragusii (Vienna), CCCLVI: 443 Missing or empty |title= (help)