Many leaves of the manuscript were lost, some leave have survived in a fragmentary condition.
Size of the leaves is unknown because of their fragmentary condition.
The codex has survived to the present day in a very fragmentary condition.
Due to the fragmentary and allusive condition of the sources, however, the story is difficult to reconstruct.
The leaf is in fragmentary condition (originally 19 by 25 cm).
The document has survived in a very fragmentary condition.
The manuscript had been difficult to date palaeographically, because of its fragmentary condition.
Much medieval painting has come down to us in a fragmentary condition, and often in a very poor state of conservation.
The codex has survived is in a fragmentary condition.
The text, written on vellum, is in a fragmentary condition.