[1] Hitda is depicted in the book's dedication miniature presenting the codex to the convent's patron, Saint Walburga.
St. Walburga stands on a pedestal in the center of the composition, and has a golden halo surrounding her head.
Behind the two women is the monastery that Hitda oversees, which fills the entire background.
[2] The illuminations are highlights of the Cologne school in the later phases of the Ottonian Renaissance.
The Hitda Codex contains the only surviving Life of Christ cycle of illuminations produced in Cologne from this period.