Includes:
Questions the author sets out to answer as a direction for his research.
Pen and ink sketches of the ground plan and internal/external elevations of the church with measurements, as well as sketches of architectural features such as windows, arcades and doorways.
Written descriptions and sketches of the features and materials used in the fabric of the buildings.
Inside front cover is a list of the author’s own references to his other notebooks.
Lists of critical dates for the construction of the basilica and the building campaigns, repairs and additions or alterations of different centuries.