The text is divided into four books. However, these chapters and book divisions do not match up with the actual chapter divisions of the Book of Numbers . As a remedy to this problem, another scribe marked the true biblical chapters at the top of the recto and verso of each leaf. The text was written in the tradition of the Protogothic System of scripts. Generally, this system corresponds with the Romanesque period of art and architecture.
Protogothic script encompasses the transition from Caroline Minuscule to Gothic Minuscule.
The scribe applied sloping feet to most of the minims of this text. In addition, the presence on the letter x of the extended, left-handed, lower stroke that curls around the preceding letter denotes an English script. Likewise, the wavy stroke on the top dot of the double-dotted abbreviation mark is a predominantly English characteristic. The text also contains calligraphic lengthening of the letter v in two places. Michelle Brown has noted that such calligraphic lengthening is an English feature that originated in Insular scripts of the late seventh century.