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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]
Codex Gigas 51 (gig), completed in 1229; it contains 320 pages measuring 89 by 49 cm, is 22 cm thick and weighs 72 kg. The Codex transmits the Vulgate text-type, but Acts of the Apostles and Revelation transmit the Old Latin translation.
A page containing the Latin text of 2 Chronicles (ending part) and Ezra 1:1–4:3 in the Codex Gigas (English: Giant Book), the largest extant medieval manuscript in the world (from 13th century). The original text is written in Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 70 verses.
A page containing Ezra 4:3–8:22 in the Codex Gigas (English: Giant Book), the largest extant medieval manuscript in the world from 13th century. But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of the fathers' houses of Israel said to them, "You may do nothing with us to build a house for our God; but we alone will build to the Lord God of ...
The Codex Gigas (English: Giant Book) is the largest extant medieval manuscript in the world. 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.
A page containing the Latin text of Ezra 8:22–10:44 (end) and Nehemiah 1:1–3:8 in the Codex Gigas (English: Giant Book), the largest extant medieval manuscript in the world (from 13th century). This chapter is divided into 11 verses. The original text of this chapter is in Hebrew language.
A page containing the Latin text of Nehemiah 3:8–7:61 in the Codex Gigas (English: Giant Book), the largest extant medieval manuscript in the world (from 13th century). The original text of this chapter is in Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 19 verses.
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text, which includes Codex Leningradensis (1008). [7] [a]There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE.