Božidar Vuković

Božidar Vuković Podgoričanin (Serbian Cyrillic: Божидар Вуковић, Italian: Dionisio della Vecchia, Latin: Dionisius a Vetula; c. 1466 — c. 1540) was one of the first printers of Serb books. He founded the famous Serbian Venetian Printing House. His printing house was operational in two periods. In first period 1519/1520—1521 three books were printed (Psalter, Liturgijar and Molitvenik or Zbornik). In second period 1536—1540 two books were printed (2nd edition of Molitvenik or Zbornik and praznični Minej or Sabornik).Vuković achieved lordship (војвода/vojvoda, palladin) in heritage for his family from Emperor Charles V in 1533.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)
Dionisio della Vecchia / Dionisius a Vetula
Podgoričanin
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1466
Birth place
Podgorica , Zeta under the Crnojevići
Ethnicity
Serbs
Citizenship
Republic of Venice
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1540
Place of death
Republic of Venice
Resting place
Lake Skadar , Star%C4%8Deva Gorica
Spouse
Della Vechia
Children
Vićenco Vuković
Hometown
Podgorica
Known for
Serbian Venetian Printing House

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External resources

  1. http://www.rastko.org.rs/rastko-cg/umjetnost/mpantic-xvi-xviii/xvi.html