CODEX GIGAS - THE DEVIL'S BIBLE: The complete edition
C O D E X G I G A S / T H E D E V I L ' S B I B L E
The Codex Gigas (English: Giant Book) is the largest extant medieval manuscript in the world.
It is also known as THE DEVIL'S BIBLE because of a large illustration of The Devil on the inside and the legend surrounding its creation.
It is thought to have been created in the early 12th century in the Benedictine monastery oC O D E X G I G A S / T H E D E V I L ' S B I B L E
The Codex Gigas (English: Giant Book) is the largest extant medieval manuscript in the world.
It is also known as THE DEVIL'S BIBLE because of a large illustration of The Devil on the inside and the legend surrounding its creation.
It is thought to have been created in the early 12th century in the Benedictine monastery of Podlažice in Bohemia (modern Czech Republic).
It contains the Vulgate Bible as well as many historical documents all written in Latin.”
“The codex is believed to have been created by Herman the Recluse in the Benedictine monastery of Podlažice near Chrudim in the Czech Republic. The monastery was destroyed during the 15th century during the Hussite Revolution. Records in the codex end in the year The codex was later pledged to the Cistercians Sedlec Monastery and then bought by the Benedictine monastery in Břevnov. From to , it was kept in the library of a monastery in Broumov until it was taken to Prague in to form a part of the collections of the Emperor Rudolf II.”
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“According to one version of a legend that was already recorded in the Middle Ages, the scribe was a monk who broke his monastic vows and was sentenced to be walled up alive. In order to forbear this harsh penalty he promised to create in one year a book to glorify the monastery forever, including all human knowledge. Near midnight on the last night, he became sure that he could not complete this task alone, so he made a special prayer, not addressed to God but to the fallen angel Lucifer, asking him to help him finish the book in exchange for his soul. The devil completed the manuscript and the monk added the devil's picture out of gratitude for his aid. In tests to recreate the work, it is estimated that reproducing only the calligraphy, without the illustrations or embellishments, would have taken 5 years of non-stop writing.”
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Published December 13th
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