 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, Sofia, Bucharest and in the monasteries of Hilandar and Zographouon Mount Athos, .Jovan's new decorative system combined Byzantine and Islamic ornamentation in a new whole.