Gršković's fragment of the Acts of the Apostles
Glagolitic manuscripts written in Old Church Slavonic
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Gršković's fragment of the Acts of the Apostles (Serbo-Croatian: Гршковићев одломак Апостолa, Grškovićev odlomak Apostola) is medieval Bosnian[1] codex, which represents one of the oldest preserved monuments written in Glagolitic script in Old Slavic language, a passage from the Acts of the Apostles.
It is considered, based on some features of the language (e.g. replacing the letter f with the letter p, i.e. Stepan instead of Stefan) and the Glagolitic alphabet itself, that it was created at the end of 11th century or at the beginning of the 12th century on the territory of Bosnia or Zeta or Zahumlje.[2]
It is written in Glagolitic transitional type, between Macedonian and Croatian.[3]
The passage itself consists of four sheets of parchment measuring 15.5 by 21.7 centimetres (6.1 in × 8.5 in), facing east (ad orientem)and is related, in terms of the place and time of origin, to Mihanović's fragment.[4]
Fragments were found at the end of the 19th century by priest Jerko Gršković in Vrbnik on Krk and according to him these fragments got its name. They are kept in the archive of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.[5]
