The binding of the book is made of wood, covered with red velvet and ornamented with plaques of silver and gilt.
Actually, the book seems to be overloaded with miniatures and decorations.
Saturated colours, expressive figures and fanciful architectural backdrops distinguish it from a more stylized and decorative Byzantine manner of manuscript illumination.
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