The Proclamation of Dušan's Law Codex is the name given to each of seven versions of a composition painted by Paja Jovanović which depict Dušan the Mighty introducing Serbia's earliest surviving law c
Paja Jovanović Krunisanje Cara Dušana
The Prizren Manuscript of Dušan's Code
Detail showing Dušan emerging from the church, flanked by his wife and young son, as his law codex is proclaimed to the people
The painter and art critic Nadežda Petrović described the painting as Jovanović's greatest work
Dušan's Code
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Dušan's Code is a compilation of several legal systems that was enacted by Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia in 1349. It drew upon Roman law, Byzantine law, as well as elements of customary and canon law
The Proclamation of Dušan's Law Codex
…Душановог законика) is the name given to each of seven versions of a composition painted by Paja Jovanović which depict Dušan the Mighty introducing Serbia's earliest surviving law codex to his subjects in Skopje in 1349. The Royal Serbian Government commissioned the first version for 30,000 dinars in 1899, intending for it to be displayed…
Fresco detail of Serbian Emperor Stefan Dušan.
Hilandar manuscript