Manuscript containing Books 39-50 of the 'Digestum Novum' of Justinian accompanied by the standard gloss of Accursius. There is a list of the rubrics and titles of the Books on folio 375v.

The manuscript was probably written and illuminated in France. Dolezalek suggests France as the place of production, rather than Italy, due to the formation of quires in seniones and the style of the illumination. Dolezalek has dated the manuscript to the 14th century, or possibly the 15th. Art historians suggest a date of 1310-1320 based on the illuminations. The manuscript has also been attributed to the 13th century by Walters and Borland.

The text is in double columns of around 45 to 50 lines to a page. One scribe wrote both the text of the corpus and of the apparatus in littera textualis.

Each book begins with a decorative initial and miniature. The initials are blue or lake on backgrounds of lake or blue, relieved by white tracery. The centres are filled with a combination of ivy leaf and scroll patterns in blue and lake on a background of burnished gold. The initials are prolonged to form partial borders in colours of blue, red, and gold relieved by white tracery. The illuminated miniatures depict judicial cases and social scenes, and were executed by at least 3 different artists. Art historians have attributed the style to the court school dominated by Pucelle, but have also shown similarities with a south-western group centred around the universities of Toulouse and Montpellier. They have further stated that the flowing draperies are typical of the early 14th century, but that the tightly tailored sleeves indicate a date in the 1320s.

The miniatures can be found on the following folios: 1r, 37r, 67v, 99r, 119v, 148r, 194v, 228v, 259r, 297r, 323v.

There are frequent smaller initials, normally several on each page. These are alternately coloured blue or lake with white tracery and burnished gold centre inlays. The extremities are frequently prolonged and end in buds, volutes, or animal forms and grotesque heads.

There are eight heraldic shields present in the volume. Six of these are present on folio 1v. Two more are present on folio 37r alongside an inscription identifying the patron.

Paraphs are given in blue and red, alternately. A rubric occupies the centre of the head of each folio recto and verso: on each verso, the capital ‘L’, for ‘Liber’, in red; on each recto, the Roman numeral for the particular book. The pen strokes forming the numerals for books numbers alternate red and blue for each new sequence. The letters and numerals are surrounded by penwork in either red or blue.

Quire signatures are normally given as Arabic numerals. These are occasionally visbile on the bottom right corner of the recto side of a folio; however, many have been cropped.

Each folio recto and verso has been lined and ruled.