[8] Art historian Ellen Beer, however, states that while there are similarities, Egbert is too quick to identify the illuminators (whom he connects to four other manuscripts as well).

The beginning of each principle section of the psalter is marked by a large illuminated initial and marginal scenes from the life of King David.

The Latin pages are decorated with 238 initials and marginalia illustrating scenes from the Old Testament, in the style of contemporary bibles moralisées.

[11] The other distinctive characteristic of the manuscript's iconography is its emphasis on women and their role in the family; the Tree of Jesse, for example, serves as a reminder of Jesus's descent from David by way of Mary.

The illustrations related to David focus especially on his wives and concubines, and the other Old Testament images have a similar bent, depicting the marriage of Moses to Tharbis and of Salmon to Rahab, as well as the births of Cain and Samson.