Jefimija
Jefimija Јефимија Jelena Mrnjavčević Јелена Мрњавчевић | |
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Born | Јелена Немањић Jelena Nemanjić |
Attributes | Orthodox Nun Christian poetry |
Writing career | |
Native name | Jelena Mrnjavčević |
Occupation | Nun |
Nationality | Medieval Serbian |
Years active | 14th century |
Notable works | Royal doors curtain of Hilandar; covering of Prince Lazar's Poem Her Lament for a Dead Son Poem Encomium of Prince Lazar Ark |
Spouse | Jovan Uglješa Mrnjavčević |
Relatives | Vojihna Nemanjić of Drama (father) Jelena (mother) |
Jefimija (Serbian Cyrillic: Јефимија, Serbian pronunciation: [jěfiːmija]; 1349–1405), secular name Jelena Mrnjavčević (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена Мрњавчевић, pronounced [jělena mr̩̂ɲaːʋtʃeʋitɕ] or [mr̩ɲǎːʋ-]), daughter of Caesar Vojihna, member of the collateral branch of Nemanjić dynasty and widow of Jovan Uglješa Mrnjavčević, is considered the first female Serbian poet. Jefimija's mother, Caesaraea Jelena, after the death of her husband became an Orthodox nun under the name Jevpraksija (Eupraxia) and in 1358 made a considerable donation to the Koutloumousiou monastery.[1][2]
Biography
Jefimija's Lament for a Dead Son and Encomium of Prince Lazar are famous in the canon of medieval Serbian literature.[3][4] Her lament for her beloved son was carved on the back of the diptych, (two-panelled icon representing a virgin and Child) which Teodosije, Bishop of Serres, had presented as a gift to the infant Uglješa at his baptism. The piece of art has Jefemija's lament engraved on its back.[5] Jefimija was also as a skilled needlewoman and an engraver.
Encomium of Prince Lazar
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Embroidered cross standard
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Embroidered iconography
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Poem
Legacy
She is included in The 100 most prominent Serbs.
See also
- Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina
- Princess Milica of Serbia
- Saint Angelina of Serbia
- Mara Branković
- Olivera Despina
- Jelena Balšić
- Helen of Anjou
- Simonida
- Katarina Branković
References
- ^ The medieval aristocracy on Mount Athos, p. 102
- ^ https://www.academia.edu/40835455/%D0%96%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%98%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%B8%D1%9B_%D0%9C%D0%9E%D0%9D%D0%90%D0%A5%D0%98%D0%8A%D0%90_%D0%88%D0%95%D0%A4%D0%98%D0%9C%D0%98%D0%88%D0%90_%D0%8B%D0%95%D0%A0%D0%9A%D0%90_%D0%8B%D0%95%D0%A1%D0%90%D0%A0%D0%90_%D0%92%D0%9E%D0%88%D0%98%D0%A5%D0%9D%D0%95_%D0%A3%D0%9D%D0%A3%D0%9A%D0%90_%D0%92%D0%9B%D0%90%D0%94%D0%98%D0%A1%D0%9B%D0%90%D0%92%D0%90_II_%D0%9F%D0%90%D0%A0%D0%90%D0%A3%D0%9D%D0%A3%D0%9A%D0%90_%D0%9A%D0%A0%D0%90%D0%89%D0%90_%D0%94%D0%A0%D0%90%D0%93%D0%A3%D0%A2%D0%98%D0%9D%D0%90
- ^ Gavrilović 2006, pp. 78–79.
- ^ Hawkesworth, Celia (2000). Voices in the Shadows: Women and Verbal Art in Serbia and Bosnia. Central European University Press. p. 80.
- ^ Pavlikianov, Cyril (2001). The Medieval Aristocracy on Mount Athos: Philological and Documentary Evidence for the Activity of Byzantine, Georgian and Slav Aristocrats and Eminent Churchmen in the Monasteries of Mount Athos from the 10th to the 15th Century. Sofia: Center for Slavo-Byzantine Studies. ISBN 9789540715957.
Sources
- Ćirković, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing.
- Gavrilović, Zaga (2006). "Women in Serbian politics, diplomacy and art at the beginning of Ottoman rule". In Jeffreys, Elizabeth M. (ed.). Byzantine Style, Religion and Civilization: In Honour of Sir Steven Runciman. Cambridge University Press. pp. 72–90.
- Pavlikianov, Cyril (2001). The Medieval Aristocracy on Mount Athos: Philological and Documentary Evidence for the Activity of Byzantine, Georgian and Slav Aristocrats and Eminent Churchmen in the Monasteries of Mount Athos from the 10th to the 15th Century. Sofia: Center for Slavo-Byzantine Studies.
Further reading
- 1349 births
- 1405 deaths
- 14th-century Serbian nuns
- 15th-century Serbian nuns
- 14th-century poets
- 15th-century poets
- 14th-century women writers
- 15th-century women writers
- Medieval Serbian poets
- Medieval Serbian princesses
- Serbian epic poetry
- Serbian women poets
- 14th-century Serbian writers
- 15th-century Serbian writers
- 15th-century women artists
- Serbian Cyrillic texts
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