Full borders of acanthus and rinceaux in gold and colors with birds, plants, trees, and hybrids. One- to -three-line initials throughout, 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; Marian prayers: Scenes from the Life of the Virgin and other Biblical scenes; Hours of the Virgin: Scenes from the Life of St. Katherine 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 presence of
extensive illustrative cycles for the Lives of St. Alexis and of
St. Catherine of Alexandria suggest that the manuscript may
have been made for a married couple named Alexis and
Catherine.

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