At Abbey Podlažice Bohemia (Czech Republic now). This manuscript contains scripture Vulgate and many historical documents are all written in Latin. During the Thirty Years' War in 1648, the entire collection in looted by the Swedish army as spoils of war, and is now kept in the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm.
Codex Gigas is the largest medieval manuscript in the world. This manuscript is stored in a folder wood covered with leather and metal engraved. At 92 cm (36.2in.) High, 50cm (19.7in.) Width and 22 cm (8.6in.). It weighs 74.8 kg (165 pounds), consisting of 310 pieces were allegedly made of leather 160 donkey or maybe calfskin. This text was originally contains 320 sheets, but somehow a few sheets of this manuscript has been removed. It is not known who delete pages or for what purpose but it seems possible that manuscript contains the rules of the Benedictine monastic.
"The War of the jews" Josephus, a list of the saints, the method for determining the date of the celebration of Easter, the whole bible latin pre-vulgate, Isidore of Seville's encyclopedia Etymologiae, Cosmas of Prague's Chronicle of Bohemia, the various treaties (of history, etymology and physiology), a calendar with nekrologium, list the names of the monks in the monastery Podlaice, magic formulas and other records. Manuscript illumination decorated in red, blue, yellow, green and gold. Elaborate letters often encountered throughout the page. The contents of this manuscript has an integrated display properties that do not change throughout the writing, does not show signs of age, illness or mood change on the part of the author, it's making the experts concluded the entire manuscript is written in a very short time. But scientists have also found unique facts in relation to the theory, that it took more than 20 years to complete this manuscript.
On page 290 there is a unique image of the devil, with a size of about 50 cm. A few pages before this was written on a sheet of blackened and have a very gloomy character, somewhat different from the other contents of the codex. Right on the sheet next to the image devil is a full picture of the kingdom of heaven, juxtaposing the "goodness opponent evil".
According to the Legend, the author of the codex was a monk who violate the rules of the monastery and punished with fastened on the wall in a standing position for life. This monk seeking forgiveness from extraordinary punishment cruel. Instead he promised to create a book that would glorify the monastery and the knowledge of mankind forever, and he promised to finish in just one night. But towards the middle of the night, the monk into doubt whether he can finish his own. Then he sold his soul for the sake of a relief. He made a special prayer, but not addressed to God but to the angel Lucifer (Satan), the devil then finish the manuscript. A tribute to the devil who helped him, the monk added the devil image into the manuscript. Despite the legend that involves the devil, in the days of the Inquisition, this manuscript was kept by the monastery and studied by many scholars to this day. Even some experts continue to learn about the time needed to write this manuscript. Thank you for reading this article.
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