After that date we find him in Craiova in Wallachia where in 1580 he signed one Evangelion as “Priest Jovan, a Serb from the town of Kratovo” (Srbin od mesta Kratova).
[2] Migrations of revered men of church to Wallachia were not uncommon in those days, since there they would find patronage from Christian princes or rich landowners, a strata that did not exist in the Ottoman Empire.
[3] Jovan of Kratovo is the most distinguished illuminator from the circle of 16th century Balkan artists that worked under the influence of Islamic ornamentation.
Today there survive ten of his illuminated manuscripts and they are to be found in libraries in Belgrade,[4] Sofia, Bucharest and in the monasteries of Hilandar and Zographouon Mount Athos, .
In this book Islamic influence is reflected in its elongated format, arabesque on its cover, narrow size of letters and, of course, in its vignettes.