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| Keywords: CodexGigas 477 Iohannitius.png 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 It is thought to have been created in the early 13th century in the Benedictine monastery of Podlažice in Bohemia modern Czech Republic It contains the Vulgate Bible as well as many historical documents all written in Latin During the Thirty Years' War in 1648 the entire collection was taken by the Swedish army as plunder and now it is preserved at the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm though it is not normally on display http //www kb se/codex-gigas/eng/ century 13 Benedictine monastery of Podlažice public domain PD-Art PD-old-100 Codex Gigas | ||||
