On the Supposed Influence of Konstantin Kostenečki's Orthographic Norms on the Prizren Reduction of Dušan's Code

Abstract

The author analyzes the orthographic features of the Prizren redaction of Dušan's Code (begining of the 16th c.), which is one of the Serbian monuments of the "Resava" edition. Serbian Cyrillic orthography of the "Resava" type is presumed to be the result of Konstantin Kostenečki's linguistic-normative efforts. Basing his analysis of the writing of individual characters on Kostenečki's principles, the author points out the differences between the orthography of the Prizren redaction of Dušan's Code and the "Resava" monuments on the one hand, and Kostenečki's orthographic principles on the other.