The entire written text features iconographies, making it speak for itself: in fact, the folios of the manuscript contain 285 small images that are meant to illustrate the text and, at the same time, the Gospel narrative. In addition, each of the four Gospels is preceded by a beautiful full-page representation of each evangelist against a gold background; the manuscript also contains title pages in the style of flower petals, historiated headlines and initials, and a number of interesting instructions to the illuminator in Armenian. The commentary contained in the facsimile allows the reader to find out more about the manuscript thanks to an introductory essay by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, which offers a comprehensive retelling of the history of the Gospels and of the many different interpretations that have been given about them over the centuries, especially in the 1900s.