Decoration in Florentine style. Rubrics in red. Names of the speakers in the dialogue written in capitals in red and brown ink. Restrained book illumination consisting of two larger initials with white vine-stems on blue background with irregular contour. Gilt areas with black ink and yellow contours.

(f. 1r): elaborate golden initial ‘H’ over 4 lines, interspersed by a white vine-stem inhabited by a putto with golden halo. A short white vine-stem ascending in right upper corner and a long tendril of wine in gold and green descends along the text column. Main colors: blue, green, yellow, pink and gold. The blue and pink colour fields are ornamented with three or five white dots.

(f. 4r): elaborate golden initial ‘C’ over 3 lines white vine-stem ornamentation with details in blue, pink, and green. Ornaments of three white dots in triangle on colored spaces. Two short marginal shoots.

(ff. 1–76): Capitals sometimes hanging in the outer margin.

Coloured red.

Modern binding with remants of the orignal binding. The manuscript was rebound at the behest of Per Hierta. A rectangle (125x75 mm) of the original cover has been preserved as a centrepiece in the new binding.

The newer binding is in brown leather with tooled decoration, four raised bands on the spine, and two pairs of straps made of cloth to keep the book closed.

The original binding is in dark brown leather with tooled decoration, gold acanthus leaves, and in the centre surrounded by foliate ornaments a gilded coat of arms. Coat of arms: a combination of the Crown of Aragon and the Duchy of Calabria.

The previous owner, Per Hierta, argues in a note on f. L1r that the gold tooled decoration on the original cover is the oldest known example of this technique known to him.