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SattvicMoon
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posted September 25, 2007 04:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SattvicMoon     Edit/Delete Message
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) - September 24, 2007 - Codex Gigas, also known as the Devil's Bible - a medieval manuscript said to have been written 800 years ago with the devil's help - has returned to Prague after an absence of 359 years.

And Czechs were eager to see it, officials said.

The priceless piece, considered the biggest medieval book, was taken from the Prague Castle by Swedish troops at the end of the Thirty Years' War in 1648. It is in Prague on loan from Sweden's Royal Library in Stockholm. It was put on display last week under high security at the Czech National Library.

Its return to Prague for the exhibition, which runs through Jan. 6, was made possible after years of negotiations between Czech and Swedish diplomats, National Library spokeswoman Katerina Novakova said.

"We expected big interest from the public," Novakova said. "Now, we are 100 percent full."

Only 60 people an hour can enter an air-conditioned room in the library's medieval complex for a 10-minutes look at the manuscript, which is inside a specially designed, unbreakable case, she said.

According to myth, a Benedictine monk promised to write the book overnight to atone for his sins. When he realized the task was impossible, he asked the devil for help. The page with the illustration of the devil is the one visitors see.

The manuscript was likely written by one monk from the Benedictine monastery in Podlazice located some 65 miles east of Prague sometime at the beginning of the 13th century, said Zdenek Uhlir, a specialist on medieval manuscripts at the National Library.

It contains "a sum of the Benedictine order's knowledge" of the time, including the Old and New Testament, "The War of the Jews" by the first-century historian Josephus Flavius, a list of saints, or a guideline how to determine the date of Easter, Uhlir said.

"I would estimate it took him between 10 and 12 years to write," he said about the piece, which weighs 165 pounds. Originally, it had 640 pages, of which 624 survived in relatively good condition, he said.

The book was transported to the Czech Republic in a military plane. Authorities would not give any details about security measures adopted at the library. It has previously been displayed in New York and Berlin.

(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Source Article --> http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=bizarre&id=5670155

**thanks to EarthSpirit from GV for sharing this information**

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posted September 25, 2007 04:47 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SattvicMoon     Edit/Delete Message
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The Codex includes the entire Latin Bible in a pre-Vulgate version, Isidore of Seville's Etymologiae, Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews, Cosmas of Prague's Chronicle of Bohemia, various tractates (from history, etymology and physiology), a calendar with necrologium, a list of brothers in Podlažice monastery, magic formulae and other local records. The entire document is written in Latin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Gigas

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posted September 25, 2007 09:12 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for yourfriendinspirit     Edit/Delete Message
Very interesting...
hmm..?

I'de want to peek through the pages to actually SEE what's inside.
I'm such a curious sort, LOL!


*inside a specially designed, unbreakable case, you say?
heee.hee...
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posted September 26, 2007 10:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for yourfriendinspirit     Edit/Delete Message
ahhh! Here we are...
I found this at The National Geographic Website:

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posted September 27, 2007 11:47 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for aquaspryt69     Edit/Delete Message
Very interesting indeed.

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Thorshammer
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posted October 12, 2007 11:29 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Thorshammer     Edit/Delete Message
fascinating...this sagi wants to go see it...SPIRIT you are such a seeker! Sattvicmoon...that was a great find. thanks.

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posted October 12, 2007 11:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Thorshammer     Edit/Delete Message
okay at the bottom of the wiki page is a link to see all the pages of the book..anyone speak Latin?
http://www.kb.se/codex-gigas/eng/Browse-the-Manuscript/

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yourfriendinspirit
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posted October 13, 2007 12:59 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for yourfriendinspirit     Edit/Delete Message
Excellent Thorshammer!
WOW!!!
Oh my...
Did you notice the size of this book?

No, sadly... I don't read latin either.
Let me recommend this post:
Language -This Is A Global Issue


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posted October 13, 2007 01:52 AM           Edit/Delete Message
at the picture of the devil.

Somehow I felt that if there really were such a being as "the devil" he would be a whole lot scarier looking than that illustration. He looks more like a little elf who needs both a manicure and a pedicure.

Sorry but that just struck me as funny.

That book is really huge!!!! Wonder why so big.

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posted October 13, 2007 02:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for SattvicMoon     Edit/Delete Message

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posted October 13, 2007 04:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mannu     Edit/Delete Message
Sattvicmoon,
Thanks for sharing this. I hope its going to be a great finding just as the gnostic bibles were or the gospel of Judas. Will be years before its translated in to English.

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posted May 08, 2008 07:54 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Thorshammer     Edit/Delete Message
i THINK it was so big so no one could run off with it...can you imagine going through airport security with that? lol

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posted May 08, 2008 10:12 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for yourfriendinspirit     Edit/Delete Message
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QUICK, Thorshammer sneak it through!


LMAO!!!

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