The Codex Gigas
Par jean luc deuffic le vendredi 5 octobre 2007, 09:10 - Manuscrits numérisés - Lien permanent
The Codex Gigas or the Devil’s Bible is a medieval manuscript at the National Library in Stockholm that is famous for two features. First, it is reputed to be the biggest surviving European manuscript. Secondly, it contains a large, full page portrait of the Devil.
This site contains a digitised version of every page of the manuscript as well
as commentaries on its history, texts, script, initials and decoration.
The manuscript was made in Bohemia (now part of the modern
Czech Republic) between about 1200 and 1230. It is remarkable that virtually
all of the manuscript, script, initials and decoration, appears to have been
the work of one person who probably worked in a Benedictine monastery. The
Codex Gigas contains four long texts as well as a complete Bible. The
manuscript begins with the Old Testament, and it is followed by two historical
works by Flavius Josephus who lived in the first century AD. These are
The Antiquities and The Jewish War. ..
Manuscrit numérisé (digitised version) [En ligne]
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Commentaires
The manuscript has recently been loaned to the Czech Republic and will be exposed at the National Library in Prag (http://www.nkp.cz) until January 2008.
Among the Swedish officials who presented the manuscript to the Czech Republic was Sweden's minister of foreign affairs, Carl Bildt, who refers to the ms. as "Codex Cigas" (Freudian slip?) in his blog: http://carlbildt.wordpress.com/2007...