Early cyrillic printed books and the migration of decorative forms between the Adriatic and the Danube around 1500

Abstract

The article focuses on the artistic transfer of the early printed books from the Cetinje printing shop, between the Mediterranean and the Danube region in the late medieval and early modern period. The master-printer Makarije made these books under the influence of the Italian, German and Slavonic printers operating in Venice. He later traveled throughout Southeastern Europe, spreading their influence to the Wallachian principality. The paper analyzes and compares the decorative elements in these books in order to understand their origin. The migration and the reception of the artistic elements of Makarije’s incunabula allow us to discover artistic dissemination routes.

Keywords

• cetinje
• printing shop
• cyrillic books
• mediterranean
• danube area
• wallachia
• migration in art
• cultural transfer