It contains prologue (folio 1) and books 1-10 (folios 2, 17, 29 verso, 46 verso , 60 verso, 75, 91, 106, 128 verso, 142); the end of book 9 is missing (from page xxvi, paragraph 19, 1.6 in T Arnold’s edition, who prints only extracts of this book), and of book 10 only a single leaf remains (page 276, paragraph 20, 1.10-page 279, paragraph 3 in Arnold).

The text is written by one hand as far as folio 131; the remainder is by another contemporary, smaller hand, who uses a different ruling system. The book numbers at the top of each recto and chapter numbers in the margin are apparently contemporary. There are initials in red, blue, and green throughout; those at the beginning of prologue and book 1 are particularly elaborate. Guides to the illuminator survive occasionally in the outer margins. Marginal notes in several hands occur throughout.