The new discovered manuscripts of Gavrila Basov (end of the 16th - first third of the 17th centuries)

Gavrila (Ivan) Basov is one of three brothers — drawing-artists, who since the 1580-s years had become famous and carried out large orders for the rewriting and decorative design of hand-written books. The author presents in the article discovered by him remarkable monuments of bookishness, connected with name of Gavrila (Ivan) Basov. Among them there are ones, completely executed by the master, and also written together with brothers or only artistically decorated after their writing by other scribes. The author of the article considers the newly discovered Gavrila's manuscripts created during his work at the Trinity-Sergius monastery, substantiates the attribution of handwriting and decorations to the outstanding master. Studying the artworks of the master in the context of the products of the other drawing-artists shows that he reached the highest level in the art of book ornamentation.