Friday, November 18, 2016

Codex Gigas, also known as The Devil's Bible



Codex Gigas, also known as The Devil’s Bible is the largest medieval manuscript in the world
The Codex Gigas or The Devil’s Bible is the largest 13th-century manuscript in the world. It is also one of the strangest manuscripts because it contains a
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Donald Derrick The think is insane. And ONE person wrote it. Yikes!
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Russell Norman Murray 'The Codex Gigas or The Devil’s Bible is the largest 13th-century manuscript in the world'>>> Fascinating, even with fact mixed with legend. Of course, relatively a very late manuscript, therefore making the 'devilish' non-biblical additions of the scribe, more likely with the passing of time.
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Russell Norman Murray Cited: 'The codex is 92cm tall, 50 cm wide, 22 cm thick, and weighs 74,8 kg. It has 620 pages and is bound in a leather covered wooden folder that is decorated with metal shaped designs. It contains a number of parts as well as many historical documents all written in Latin: The complete Vulgate Latin translation of the bible, The Old and New Testaments, The standard textbook for teaching medicine in the Middle Ages known as Ars medicinae, the Chronicle of the Bohemians, a calendar, two works of Josephus Flavius and more...' 

'It is thought to have been created in the Benedictine monastery of Podlažice in Bohemia (Czech Republic). It is believed that the creator of the Codex was the Benedictine monk Herman the Recluse who was a resident of the monastery...'

'According to legend, the monk produced the manuscript in just one night with the devil’s help. Because he broke his monastic vows he promised to create a book to glorify the monastery forever, but when he became sure that he could not complete this task alone he prayed to Lucifer to help him in exchange for his soul...'
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