Img. ID: 261238
The late Gothic leather binding is shaped like a box. It is probably the original binding of the manuscript.
Brown leather partly sewed at the edging, upon upper and lower wooden boards. Holes of center and corners studs in upper and lower covers are noticeable, as well as holes for two clasps in lower cover. Today a center hook on the edge of lower cover hooks onto a ring in the edge of upper cover.
Small stamp of a star was used for the frame. Traces of five large studs and two long clasps are found; from them the middle one is modern.
On the front cover, a rectangular panel bears eight inhabited medallions arranged in pairs and a pair of empty half medallions in the lower row. Within the medallions, there are depictions of animals (birds, monkeys, dragons). The panel is surrounded by a frame filled with a scroll of trefoil leaves.
The back is divided into four rhomboids and triangles by diagonal strips. Within each rhomboid and triangle, there are depictions of animals in various postures (dragons, monkeys and birds, all mostly hybrids).
The spine of the cover is divided by three double cords into four sections head and tail rope bands. Four dragons are depicted within each section.