ENThe article deals with the publishing history of Nikon Montenegrin’s The Pandects in 16th century. The Pandects was never fully published and has no title page. Research on initials and ornamentation conducted by A. Ziornova gave a possibility to identify publication’s printing location and date. Bibliographical analysis of initials and ornamentation gave a chance to discover information on partnership between publishing houses of Vilnius and Ostroh. Unfortunately, causes of The Pandects publishing cessation are still unknown.