The manuscript is dedicated to Archibald, 7th Earl of Argyll, and contains his coat of arms (folio l verso). The text is written in a variety of scripts within etched ornamental borders. There are two decorative title-pages (folios 1 and 16), a portrait of the scribe (folio 5) and numerous small decorations and headpieces throughout. The manuscript is closely related to New York Public Library, Spencer Collection, French MS.8, which contains Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon written by Esther Inglis in 1601.

For a fuller description of these manuscripts see ‘The calligraphic manuscripts of Ester Inglis’ by A H Scott-Elliot and Elspeth Yeo in ‘Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America’, lxxxiv, pages 11-86.