Archaeographic description of the handwritten "chronicler" of the Krasnokholmsky Nikolaevsky Antoniev Monastery in 1840-ies years

The article presents the results of the textual study of the newly discovered handwritten text 1840-ies years of the «Chronicle» of the Krasnoholmskiy Nikolaevskiy Antoniev monastery. The study is based on the method of comparative analysis of the manuscript with well-known handwritten and printed copies of «Chronicler». A theory offered, that to by now it is possible to speak about the presence of three version of the text of the monastic «Chronicler». The first version presented in the handwritten texts of the 1840-ies and in 1850-70-ies years (copy of Archimandrite Illarion (Maksimovich)). The second version is presented in the publication «Historical library of the Tver diocese» (presumably a copy of the Archimandrite Mark). The third version is presented in A. K. Zhiznevsky’s edition (unknown copy). The article discusses the authorship of the handwritten text, the time of its creation, the problems of study, paid attention to the content of the handwritten text, provides a description of the appearance of the handwritten text.