Codex Gigas mysteries of the Bible the Devil

Codex Gigas mysteries of the Bible the Devil

Codex Gigas or the giant book is a medieval manuscript with the largest size that still exist. This book was written at the beginning of the 13th century in order Benedict monastery in podlazice in Bohemia.
 Currently the book is stored in the Swedish Royal Library in Stockholm. It takes energy to lift the two librarians book. This book is often called "the bible the devil" because of a pictorial illustration of the size of the devil in it.
Codex was placed in a place made of wood, covered with leather and decorated with metal. Height 92 cm, width 50 cm and has a 22 cm thick.
At first, the codex has 320 sheets of manuscript. However, 8 sheets of it removed. It is unknown who is throwing the sheet 8 and for what purpose.
There are allegations that removed the possibility 8 sheet contains the rules of monastic orders Benedict. Codex weight nearly 75 pounds. Sheets are used to write this codex is a skin that comes from 160 head of calves.
The convent where the codex was made was destroyed in the 15th century.Note that there is in the codex codex shows that manufacturing is about the year 1229 AD
After writing, the codex was later transferred to the Monastery of Cistercians Sedlec and eventually purchased by Benedict Monastery in Byoevnov. From the year 1477-1593, the codex is housed at the library in Broumov until finally brought to Prague in 1594 to become part of the collections of Rudolf II. On 24 September 2007, the Codex Gigas is brought back to Prague after 359 years.
 The contents of the codex is "a sum of the Benedictine order's knowledge", "The War of the Jews" writings of Josephus, a list of the saints, the method for determining the date of the celebration of Easter, the whole Bible the Latin pre-vulgate, Isidore of Seville's encyclopedia Etymologiae , Cosmas of Prague's Chronicle of Bohemia, various tractates (from history, etymology and physiology), a calendar with nekrologium, list the name of the monks at the monastery Podlaice, magic formulas and other records.
The entire contents of the codex was written in Latin. This manuscript is also decorated with colors like red, blue, yellow, green and gold. The whole point of the given color.
The remarkable thing is the entire contents of the codex is written with remarkable relevance between pages. Which means that the book was written by one person with a sustainable mind. This makes a lot of experts believe that the whole codex was written in a very short time.
On page 290, there is a picture of Satan with a high of about 50 cm. A few pages before the image is written on a sheet of blackened skin and made with a dark character, which makes it different from the entire contents of the codex.
 According to legend, the author of the codex is a monk who violate the rules of the monastery and tied punished by a wall in a standing position for life.This monk begged forgiveness of the punishment was cruel incredible.
In return he promised to create a book that would glorify the monastery forever and knowledge of mankind, and he promised to finish it in just one night.
By midnight, the monk became doubted whether he could finish it alone. So he sold his soul to the devil for a rescue. Satan then finish the manuscript.
A tribute to the devil to help him, the monk added the devil image into the codex. Despite the legend that involves the devil, in the days of the Inquisition, this codex was kept by the monastery and studied by many scholars to this day.

Devil's Bible facts:
- Consisting of 620 pages made from animal skin, the possibility of soybean.Some pages in the estimate is missing, and no one knows where the loss of this page.
- This book is written entirely in Latin.
- Include a cover / wrap from the book that decorate the metal / metal.Requires at least two people to lift this book.
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