The book is devoted to the decoration of handwritten books of Veliky Novgorod in the 15th century, the time of flourishing of Russian artistic culture. Miniature and ornamental decoration of manuscripts of medieval Russia are much less known than iconography and other types of art. Characteristics of works, interpretation of subjects, revealing the evolution of style, history of book workshops and the work of masters, as well as color reproductions published for the first time give an idea of an important variety of Russian national culture in the Middle Ages.