Codex gigas

CODEX GIGAS 'S BIBLE: The largest extant medieval illuminated manuscript in the world : Heremitus, Hermannus: Amazon.sg: Books

The Codex Gigas is most commonly known as The Devil’s Bible, thanks to its full-size portrait of the Devil. Did a monk sell his soul to the devil?

The world's largest manuscript believed to have been created during the 13th Century is called the Codex Gigas or Devils Bible. The one-meter-long manuscript

Codex Gigas known as the Devil’s Bible is the largest and the strangest manuscripts in the world. It is so huge that it is said to have taken more than 160 animal skins to make it, needing at least two people to lift it and measures around one metre in length. Gigas in Latin means giant and Codex Gigas when translated mean `giant book’. It is an appropriate name since the codex is the largest single volume surviving from the 13th century monks. The medieval manuscript according to legend was…

One book at the National Library of Sweden stands out among the rest: the Codex Gigas. Bound in wood, consisting of 620 pages that are each nearly three feet...

Lucifer. Unknown French artist. 15th Century.

Love the illuminated capitals from the Codex Gigas (Ezekiel)

More illuminated capitals from the Codex Gigas (548 Catholic Epistles).

Codex Gigas, also known as ‘the Devil’s Bible,’ is the largest and probably one of the strangest medieval manuscripts in the world. Dark legends surround the tome and its origins and the full page portrait of the Devil increases its air of mystery. But what is the manuscript really about?