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Finely prepared parchment ranges from thin to thick; cropped on all three outer edges; sometimes lower margin cut off; several holes and stitches visible
German sixteenth-century alum-tawed white pigskin, blind tooled over wood boards; back: four upper raised bands; blue and white headbands; each cover is ruled by triple fillets to form a rectangular disposition of frames and fillets around a central rectangle; the areas are filled with a close series of stamped impressions; strips decorated with vegetal motives alternate with impressed stamps; page edges painted in red; two brass catches