#Is the codex gigas online full#

I was born and raised in San Diego, Ca Oct 1965. The other texts were thought to have been carefully chosen to accomany it because together they provided information about all of the important things, Jewish History, universal knowledge, medicine and local history. The Bible is the most important book to Christianity. So who wrote the Codex Gigas and to what purpose? Although the who will probably never be known there is a reasonable theory on the why.The Codex Gigas is thought to be a compilation of things important to Bohemia. In 1877 the book was taken to the newly built National Libray of Sweden in Stockholm where it remains today. The book along with many other treasures were entered into the collection of Queen Christina of Sweden and placed in the royal library at the castle in Stockholm. In 1594 Rudolf II took the Codex Gigas to his castle in Prague where it remained until it was taken by the army of Sweden during the Thirty Years War.

All of these monasteries were in Bohemia which is now part of the Czech Republic. It then found itвЂ™s way to the monasery of Brevnov ne Prague. The Codex was pawned at the monastery at Sedlec in 1295, by the monks of Podlazice. Since it has been in the National Libray of Stockholm for centuries I think we can dismiss this particular legend. Another legend states that it brings illness and disaster to any who possess it. There is a legend behind the book which says it was created in one day by a monk who was sentenced to death.The legend states that the monk completed the manuscript in one night with the help of the Devil. There is also one lost work, вЂThe Rule of St BenedictвЂ™, a 6th century guide to monastic life, which was on pages that were cut out of the book. The last short text is a Celendar which contains the names and dates on which saints and local Behmian persons were commemorated. Following the portrait of the Devil is a work on exorcising evil spirits.

The first short text is a work on pentinence which is followed by an illustration of the Heavenly City. There also some short texts as well as illustrations in the book. The last of the long works contained in the book is a вЂChronicle Of BohemiaвЂ™ by Cosmas from Prague who lived in the 12th century.

After this is the New Testament of the Bible. Following this is a collection of medical works from various authors including Hippocrates and Theophilus. Next is the вЂEncyclopedia EtymologiaeвЂ™ by Isidore of Seville who lived in the 6th century AD. So what is it that makes the Codex Gigas so strange? It is a strange compilation of works by different authors.It begins with the Old Testament of the Bible which is followed by вЂThe AntiquitiesвЂ™ and вЂThe Jewish WarвЂ™, two historical works by Flavius Josephus. It does not change at all as one would think would happen over such an extended periord of years. The strange thing is that the writing is completely consistent all the way through from start to finish. So realistically it would have taken whoever wrote it about 20 years to complete. According to experts it would take one person working 24 hours a day 5 years to recreate everything in the Codex, excluding the illustrations. It was written in Latin in the 13th century AD and while itвЂ™s exact origin is unknown there is a note in the manuscript that states it was pawned in the monestary at Sedlec by it owners, the monks of Podlazice.

#Is the codex gigas online full#

This manuscript also known as вЂThe DevilвЂ™s BibleвЂ™, due to a full page illustration of the Devil contained in itвЂ™s pages, is also one of the strangest works in history. It took more than 160 animal skins to make. It measures approximately 1 metre (3 feet 3/8 inch) in length and takes two people to lift. The Codex Gigas (which translates from Latin to Giant Book) is the largest known manuscript in the world.