Vuković printing house

The Vuković printing house (Serbian: Вуковићева штампарија) was 16th century printing house established in Venice by Božidar Vuković, and later managed by his son Vićenco Vuković.

In the first period, when printing was organized by Božidar Vuković, the editors and printers were hieromonk Pahomije of Rijeka (1519–21) and hierodeacon Mojsije of Dečani (1536–40). In 1540, Božidar's son Vićenco Vuković inherited the printing house, and since 1546 reprinted some of his father's books. In 1561, he started printing new publications, some in cooperation with Stefan Marinović, and later with Jakov of Kamena Reka.

The books printed in Vuković printing house were srbulje, early-printed liturgical books in Serbo-Slavonic (Serbian recension of Church Slavonic). Vuković printing house printed the largest number of such editions, and was the first printing house that printed srbulje on parchment. The books printed in Vuković printing house were distributed by Ragusan and other traders over the territory of Balkans under the Ottoman control, i.e. Belgrade, Nicopolis, Vidin etc. Monastery Mileševa was one of the main centers for their distribution. They were richly decorated, very popular and had significant influence on printers of books on Russian, Greek and Romanian language.