It now resides in the library of Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. The book is written in the Irish style. The book is a Latin copy of the gospels. The book does not have any gold decoration but a generous use of yellow makes up for the lack of gold. Some other colors in the book are red, black, purple and indigo.
Decorated initials are a very common feature of the book.
Many of the letters fit into the shape of animals. The designs in the book have an almost perfect symmetry. However, I found it is very difficult to decipher what animal the artist's were showing. The Chi-Rho page is one of the most unusual pages. It provides very good examples of different designs.