Codex Gigas - The Devil's Bible

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	Codex Gigas - The Devil's Bible

thisnamecantbetaken

6-20-2009 10:37 AM

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thisnamecantbetaken says:

No records about it's origin, author or reason for writing it have been preserved.

It's been said the manuscript is "eerily flawless". Some think the Codex Gigas was written by the Devil himself. Oooh, creepy!

http://www.nkp.cz/files/codex_gigas_en.pdf

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6-21-2009 9:24 AM

tanyamm

Thanks, great clip. I've never heard of this before.

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