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). It...
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have led to many European manuscripts having "codex" as part of their usual name, as with the Codex Gigas, while most do not. Modern books are divided...
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from Ultraman Codex Gigas, a medieval manuscript gigue or giga, a dance People Erwin Gigas [de] (1899–1976), German geodesist Johannes Gigas (1514–1581)...
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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...
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from the original languages was published between 1579 and 1593. The Codex Gigas from the 12th century is the largest extant medieval manuscript in the...
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is about the cave where queen of sorcessess Agrat bat Mahlat dwells. Codex Gigas is about the book of the same name and its legend, that states it was...
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Voynich manuscript (redirect from Voynich codex)
ciphers Book of Soyga Codex Gigas Codex Seraphinianus Copiale cipher False document Fictional language Oera Linda Book Rohonc Codex Rongorongo Undeciphered...
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fróði#Icelandic folklore). According to a medieval legend associated with the Codex Gigas, the scribe was a monk who broke his monastic vows and was sentenced...
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surviving manuscript copies is the 13th-century Codex Gigas; the earliest surviving manuscript, the Codex Sangallensis, preserves books XI to XX from the...
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of this chapter are: Codex Vaticanus (325–350; complete) Codex Sinaiticus (330–360; complete) Codex Bezae (~400; complete) Codex Alexandrinus (400–440;...
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