The part that has been of most interest for modern scholarship is that of the so-called Kassel glosses, one of the earliest written documents of the Old High German language.
The Kassel glosses are a collection of words and short phrases translated from Latin to Old High German.
Among them are everyday phrases such as orders given to servants ("shave my beard"), questions and answers for basic communication ("do you understand?
The most famous entry, however, is a jocular jibe in Latin and Old High German: The manuscript is written on 60 sheets of parchment.
Based on the scribal hands and the forms of the Carolingian minuscule employed, it is believed that the text was written by two different scribes from the area of Regensburg c. 810.