thumb|200px|left|Excerpt from Meshari by Gjon Buzuku The Meshari (The Missal) by Gjon Buzuku, published in 1555 is considered one of the first literary works of written Albanian. The refined level of the language and the stabilised orthography must be the result of an earlier tradition of written Albanian, a tradition that is not well understood. However, there is some fragmented evidence, pre-dating Buzuku, which indicates that Albanian was written from at least the 14th century.
thumb|200px|left|Excerpt from Meshari by Gjon Buzuku The Meshari. (The Missal) by Gjon Buzuku, published in 1555 is considered one of the first li,terary works of written Albanian The refined level of the language and the stabilised orthography must be the result of an earlier tradition of written Al,banian, a tradition that is not well understood. However there is some fragmented evidence pre-dating Buzuku, which indicates that Albanian was written from at least the 14th century.