Full borders of acanthus and rinceaux in gold and colors with birds, plants, trees, and hybrids. One- to -three-linr initials thoughout, many historiated with portraits. Roundel miniature in the outer central margin of each recto and verso illustrating several different narratives. Calendar: Labors of the Month (r) and Zodiac (v); Gospel Readings: Evangelist portraits and Biblical scenes; Hours of the Virgin: Scenes from the Life of St. Catherine of Alexandria; Penitential Psalms and Office of the Dead: Scenes from the Life of St. Alexis.

Written in Northern France in the third quarter of the fifteenth century, Use of Paris indicated by the Calendar and the responsories of the Office of the Dead. The presense of extensive illustrative cycles for the Lives of St. Alexis and of St. Catherine of Alexandria suggest that the manuscript may have been made fro a married couple named Alexis and Catherine.

When complete, said to have been owned by Ezra Clark Stillman (1907-95), New York, NY. Likely broken by Bruce Ferrini in the 1980s.