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The Codex Gigas opened to the page with the distinctive portrait of the Devil from which the text received its byname, the Devil's Bible. [1]The Codex Gigas ("Giant Book"; Czech: Obří kniha) is the largest extant medieval illuminated manuscript in the world, at a length of 92 cm (36 in). [2]
Herman the Recluse (Latin: Hermannus Heremitus) was, according to legend, a thirteenth-century Benedictine monk best known as the author (actual or supposed) of the Codex Gigas—the "Devil's Bible". The legend states that, as a resident of the Benedictine Monastery of Podlazice , Herman the Recluse was condemned to be walled up alive and ...
The devil picture appears on page 577 of the book (according to the text and reference) not page 270 as the caption to the image previously stated (I checked 270 and it wasn't illustrated). I've changed the caption Adlab 21:37, 11 February 2010 (UTC) It's not page 577 or page 270. Medieval manuscripts are not numbered in pages.
Codex Gigas, the largest manuscript of the World, 13th century; Codex Sinaiticus, 4th century; ... This page was last edited on 2 December 2024, at 07:10 (UTC).
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 259 paper leaves (size 15.1 cm by 11.3 cm). The writing is in one column per page, 23 lines per page. [4]The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numerals are given at the margin, and their τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages.
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For the purposes of this compilation, as in philology, a "codex" is a manuscript book published from the late Antiquity period through the Middle Ages. (The majority of the books in both the list of manuscripts and list of illuminated manuscripts are codices.)
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