Volume III includes descriptions of a number of illuminated manuscripts of the late 19th c. from the Alisher Navoi Museum of Literature of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan and the State Museum of Arts of the Ministry for Cultural Affairs of Uzbekistan, as well as the works of modern miniaturists from the collection of "Musavvir" Centre and some other collections. In this catalogue, it was logic to retrace development of the miniature painting in the 20th century since its revival and active role in modern art process presents a significant fact of the national culture