Vuk Karadžić, a contemporary of the turbulent uprisings in the 19th century, recorded works of orally transmitted folk poetry that were narrated and interpreted by traveling guslars and singers. He collected lyrical and epic songs, riddles, conundrums, fairy tales, fables and folk beliefs. After the publication of these works in the vernacular and translations into other languages, Serbian epic poetry has been permanently preserved as part of the oral world heritage. In his work, Vuk used writing utensils common in the 19th century. A steel pen inserted in a wooden handle dipped into the ink held in the inkpot. On his travels, Vuk used a travel inkpot (divit) - an easily portable inkwell from which ink could not be spilled.
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