Capital letters are elaborately illuminated, frequently across the entire page. The manuscript includes illuminations in red, blue, yellow, green and gold. Legend has it the codex was created by a monk who sold his soul to the devil. Illustration of the devil, Folio 290 recto. The entire document is written in Latin, in addition, it contains Hebrew, Greek, and Slavic alphabets ( Cyrillic and Glagolitic). Following the picture of the devil, Cosmas of Prague's Chronicle of Bohemia, a list of brothers in the PodlaЕѕice monastery, and a calendar with necrologium, magic formulae and other local records round out the codex. Following a blank page, the New Testament commences with Matthew-Acts, James-Revelation, and Romans-Hebrews. Between the Testaments are Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews and Wars of the Jews, as well as Isidore of Seville's encyclopedia Etymologiae and medical works of Hippocrates, Theophilus, Philaretus, and Constantinus. They are in the order Genesis-Ruth Isaiah-Daniel Hosea-Malachi Job Samuel and Kings Psalms-Song of Solomon Wisdom of Solomon Wisdom of Jesus Esdras Tobit Judith Esther and Maccabees.

ContentДЄbout half of the Codex consists of the entire Latin Bible in the Vulgate version, except for the books of Acts and Revelation, which are from a pre-Vulgate version. ДЄ National Geographic documentary included interviews with manuscript experts who pointed towards evidence (handwriting analysis and a credit to hermann inclusus вЂ“ 'herman the recluse') that indicates the manuscript was the work of just one scribe. In September, 2007, after 359 years, Codex Gigas returned to Prague on loan from Sweden until January 2008, and was on display at the Czech National Library. The codex apparently injured a bystander and some of its leaves fluttered away and they are still missing today. The codex was rescued from the flames by throwing it out of a window. On Friday 7th May 1697, a fierce fire broke out at the royal castle in Stockholm, and the Royal Library suffered very badly. The site of its creation is marked by a maquette in the town museum of Chrast. From 1649 to 2007 the manuscript was kept in the Swedish Royal Library in Stockholm.

From 1477вЂ“1593 it was kept in the library of a monastery in Broumov until it was taken to Prague in 1594 to form a part of the collections of Rudolf II.ДЄt the end of the Thirty Years' War in the year 1648, the entire collection was taken by the Swedish army as plunder.

The codex was later pledged to the Cistercians Sedlec monastery and then bought by the Benedictine monastery in BЕ™evnov. Records in the codex end in the year 1229. The monastery was destroyed during the 15th century. The codex is believed to have been created by Herman the Recluse in the Benedictine monastery of PodlaЕѕice near Chrudim. Acts 18:26 supports reading П„О·ОЅ ОїОґОїОЅ of Codex Bezae. It is unknown who removed the pages or for what purpose but it seems likely that they contained the monastic rules of the Benedictines. It initially contained 320 sheets, though some of these were subsequently removed. The Codex Gigas is the world's largest and most mysterious medieval manuscript. Weighing 165 pounds (74.8В kg), Codex Gigas is composed of 310 leaves of parchment allegedly made from the skins of 160 donkeys or perhaps calfskin. At 92В cm (36.2in.) tall, 50В cm (19.7in.) wide and 22В cm (8.6in.) thick it is the largest known medieval manuscript. The codex is bound in a wooden folder covered with leather and ornate metal. The codex is richly illuminated throughout.

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