It is a combination of a manuscript on rectangular paper (10 books, up to chapter 20, copied by hand, mid-Kamakura period） and a manuscript on square paper (seven books, up to chapter 40, copied by hand, early Kamakura period) (the details of why they were combined are unclear); the title of the rectangular-paper manuscript was "Eiga Monogatari," and the title of the square-paper manuscript was "Yotsugi Monogatari."
大型本（10帖、巻二十まで、鎌倉時代中期の書写）と枡形本（7帖、巻四十まで、鎌倉時代初期の書写）の取り合わせ本（取り合わせとなった経緯は不明）で、大型本の書名は『榮花物語』、枡形本では『世継物語』となっている。