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The devil completed the manuscript and the monk added the devil's picture out of gratitude for his aid. Near midnight on the last night, he became sure that he could not complete this task alone, so he made a special prayer, not addressed to God but to the fallen angel Lucifer, asking him to help him finish the book in exchange for his soul. In order to forbear this harsh penalty he promised to create in one year a book to glorify the monastery forever, including all human knowledge. “According to one version of a legend that was already recorded in the Middle Ages, the scribe was a monk who broke his monastic vows and was sentenced to be walled up alive. The version we provide is the best quality possible, with all pages in high resolution. On the end of this Kindle eBook you will find the workable link.
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From 1477 to 1593, it was kept in the library of a monastery in Broumov until it was taken to Prague in 1594 to form a part of the collections of the Emperor Rudolf II.”ĭue to technical restrictions (size) the complete "Codex Gigas" gigantic masterpiece is available as a 500MB PDF file. The codex was later pledged to the Cistercians Sedlec Monastery and then bought by the Benedictine monastery in Břevnov. Records in the codex end in the year 1229. The monastery was destroyed during the 15th century during the Hussite Revolution. “The codex is believed to have been created by Herman the Recluse in the Benedictine monastery of Podlažice near Chrudim in the Czech Republic. It contains the Vulgate Bible as well as many historical documents all written in Latin.” It is thought to have been created in the early 12th century in the Benedictine monastery of Podlažice in Bohemia (modern Czech Republic). It is also known as THE DEVIL'S BIBLE because of a large illustration of The Devil on the inside and the legend surrounding its creation. The Codex Gigas (English: Giant Book) is the largest extant medieval manuscript in the world. It is thought to have been created in the early 12th century in the Benedictine monastery o C O D E X G I G A S / T H E D E V I L ' S B I B L E C O D E X G I G A S / T H E D E V I L ' S B I B L E The Codex Gigas (English: Giant Book) is the largest extant medieval manuscript in the world.