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Medieval mega-project: The engineering marvel of the Codex Gigas
The Codex Gigas (“Giant Book” in Latin) is believed to have been created in the13th century in the Benedictine monastery of ...
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He was set to die - until a demon helped him finish his book
In 13th-century Bohemia, a condemned monk struck a deal: if he could write a book of all earthly knowledge in one night, he ...
Marcel Proust may have written a novel over 4,000 pages long, but there are other books out there of goliath proportions not in their length, but their size. Religious texts in particular have gotten ...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Codex Gigas, also known as the Devil’s Bible — a medieval manuscript said to have been written 800 years ago with the devil’s help — has returned to Prague after an absence of ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. A cursed manuscript and a pact with the devil; the debut single by doom ...
At 165 pounds, and allegedly made from the skins of 160 donkeys, the Codex Gigas is the world's largest and most mysterious medieval manuscript. Filled with satanic images and demonic spells, ...
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