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The article focuses on the artistic transfer of the early printed books from the Cetinje printing shop, between the Mediterranean and the Danube region in the late medieval and early modern period. The master-printer Makarije made these books under the influence of the Italian, German and Slavonic printers operating in Venice. He later traveled throughout Southeastern Europe, spreading their influence to the Wallachian principality. The paper analyzes and compares the decorative elements in these books in order to understand their origin. The migration and the reception of the artistic elements of Makarije’s incunabula allow us to discover artistic dissemination routes.

Woodcut illustrations published in the Octoechos (Tone 5-8) in Cetinje in 1494 have long been the focus of researchers because of their exquisite workmanship. However, due to the lack of historical data, the questions regarding their sources and authors remain unsolved. Their complex style and composition indicate a dual origin: intertwining of the traditional Orthodox Serbian iconography with the new Venetian Renaissance motifs. This paper points to the city of Dubrovnik as a possible place of origin of some elements of illustrations, and seeks their authors among the local painters and goldsmiths. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. 177001: Predstave identiteta u umetnosti i verbalno-vizuelnoj kulturi novog doba]