Codex Gigas: the devil's bible or the largest manuscript in the world?
Otherwise known as 'The Devil's Bible', the Codex Gigas is probably the largest and strangest manuscript in the world. It measures approximately 1 meter long and is so large that it took more than 160 skins and requires at least the effort of two people to lift it. According to legend, the medieval manuscript is the fruit of a pact with the 'devil', which is why it is sometimes referred to as the Devil's Bible.
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· 26 Apr 2024
The origin of the Codex Gigas is unknown. A note written in the margin of the manuscript attests that it was committed to the Sedlec monastery by its owners, the monks of Podlažice, in 1295. Shortly afterwards he passed to the Břevnov monastery, near Prague. All these monasteries were in Bohemia, now the Czech Republic, and it is certain that the Codex Gigas was created somewhere in this region, but not necessarily in Podlažice, a small and unimportant monastery. In 1594, Rudolph II brought the Codex Gigas to his castle in Prague, where it remained until the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War, stolen together with many other treasures ...
