Rubric inscriptions to identify the type of text are put in with gold leaf. Alternating red and blue initials for the verses on gold grounds are decorated with plant sprigs. Where text lines fall short of the right margin, line endings have been added to create a more uniform textblock. Border decoration completely encircles the text and depicts a wealth of blossoms, leaves, pinecones, branches, growing upwards from the bottom margin. The artist's palette includes purple, sea green, blue, dark rose, and carmine.
Any empty space is inked in with stems.
The bust of the figure in the two-line initial for Psalm 26 gazes up at the pair of men. Finally, a square-shaped U gold leaf stripe was added to separate the text from the border. While other portions of the Book of Hours are shortened from the lengthy breviary, the exact sequence of texts in the Office of the Dead are recited by the layman and the religious during the hours of Vespers, Matins and Lauds, night offices and morning prayer. The subject matter chosen for the leaf is extraordinarily unusual. Not only does the young man seem to be misidentified, but he appears to be in good health.