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The tragic fate of the old Mileševa treasury
Keywords: Treasury; Mileševa treasury; Eucharist's objects; Processional crosses; Diskos; Panagia; Tabernacle; Thurible; Reliquary; Bergkristall; Epitaphios; Aër; Epitrachelion; etc.
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The new Mileševa Treasury in the renovated temple is just one of the reasons to recall the fate of the Old Mileševa Treasury, of which the scattered parts have long been relocated in other monasteries. The objects that can be claimed with a high degree of certainty to have once belonged to Mileševa, unlike the lesser-known ones, are not covered in the patina of oblivion. The inscriptions and dedications on them are irrefutable testimony to spiritual belonging and duration. However, the fate of the valuables that are assumed to have once belonged to the Mileševa Lavra and which were temporarily removed, bequeathed, and over time became integral parts of the treasuries of other sanctuaries is much more difficult. The scarce information about them is often transformed into legends that verge on the possible and must be considered with great reserve. Especially since church objects have become inalienable parts of new treasuries, and in some cases, with new inscriptions and dedications that, seemingly, testify better than other data to the dedication to another monastery. The fear of the possible return of liturgical objects and church books to their original places has, over time, become a major obstacle to understanding the real situation. There are indications that records have been erased on some objects or new ones have been written, which are intended to dispel doubts about someone else's ownership and a significantly greater age. However, the most difficult thing to accept is the knowledge that numerous Mileševa valuables about which there are records, data, and testimonies, have permanently disappeared in the fates of bygone times. Many were sold, donated, and some objects made of gold and silver were apparently melted down in later times, when the lack of funds for waging wars obliged the monastery brotherhoods to donate parts of their treasuries to the benefit of the ruling crown and their war ambitions.

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article language: Serbian
document type: Original Scientific Paper
DOI: 10.5937/agkinp25014M
published in Portal: 17/10/2025
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