Monografiya posvyashchena issledovaniyu russkoy poznesrednevekovoy litsevoy knigi eskhatologicheskogo zhanra. V ney rassmatrivaetsya istoriya izucheniya litsevogo knigopisaniya XVII veka, opredelyaetsya mesto litsevoy rukopisnoy knigi v russkoy kul'ture pozdnego Srednevekov'ya, analiziruetsya protsess razvitiya stilya "ocherkovoy" miniatyury v XVI-XVII vv. otdel'nye glavy posvyashcheny litsevym Apokalipsisam i Sinodikam. V zaklyuchitel'noy glave litsevye knigi eskhatologicheskogo zhanra predstavleny v kontekste russkoy khudozhestvennoy kul'tury XVII-XIX vv.