the 'Devil's Bible'

Claims world's largest manuscript was written by Lucifer - and has his image to prove it



The Codex Gigas is the largest medieval manuscript in the world. At nearly nine inches (22cm) thick and 36 inches (92cm) tall, the book is so large that it is said to have required more than 160 animal skins to complete

The mystery of the 'Devil's Bible'
The mysterious manuscript is today housed within the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm and includes a menacing full-page colour image of the Devil.
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The mysterious manuscript is today housed within the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm and nicknamed 'the Devil's Bible'.

The text requires at least two people to lift its 165lbs (74kg) of leather binding and vellum pages.

But how it was created is still unknown. 

Legend has it that a monk from the Middle Ages was sentenced to being walled up alive for breaking his monastic vows.

To avoid punishment, the monk promised to write, in a single night, a book containing all human knowledge.

As midnight approached, the monk became desperate and turned to Lucifer for help, offering to make a pact to finish the book in exchange for his soul.

Lucifer agreed and signed the work by adding a self-portrait of himself. In the colourful image, he is placed against an empty landscape framed by two large towers.

According to a report by National Geographic several years ago, handwriting analysis by palaeographer Michael Gullick at the National Library of Sweden indicated that one scribe did compose the entire manuscript.