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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.
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 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.
They originated prior to Jerome from multiple translators, and differ from Vulgate manuscripts which follow the late-4th-century Latin translation mainly done by Jerome. Vetus Latina and Vulgate manuscripts continued to be copied alongside each other until the Late Middle Ages ; many copies of the Bible or parts of it have been found using a ...
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 Latin text of Mark 11:10–14:32 in Codex Gigas (13th ... is a traditional translation, ... Standard Version, Bible in Basic English) Multiple bible ...