The Mystery of Codex Gigas, The Devil's Bible // In The Flesh: Episode 1
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- I am beyond excited to introduce my new series "In The Flesh", where we take a deep dive into the most fascinating manuscripts of the Middle Ages. Starting off with Codex Gigas, commonly known as The Devil's Bible. This Medieval knowledge compendium has haunted readers for 800 years.
Video Chapters:
0:00 Hermann The Recluse: A Pact With the Devil
1:00 Intro: In The Flesh
1:27 Timeline of the Codex Gigas
5:30 Details of the Manuscript
7:44 Contents of the Codex
16:13 The Scribe
21:00 Outro
Primary Source:
"Codex Gigas", Digital Version
www.wdl.org/en/item/3042/view...
Secondary Sources:
1- National Library of Sweden
www.kb.se/hitta-och-bestall/c...
2- National Geographic, "Devil's Bible" (Documentary)
Tertiary Sources:
1- Ella Morton, "Object of Intrigue: The Devil's Bible"
www.atlasobscura.com/articles...
2- Mark Miller, "Codex Gigas Devil's Bible: Weird Medieval Manuscript"
www.historicmysteries.com/cod...
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Thank you for this! What an interesting and provocative manuscript. I look forward to more videos in this series. Loved the opening minute!
So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you 😊
What an incredibly interesting video! So enjoyed it. Until now, have never heard of the Codex Gigas. Looking forward to more.
Thank you ❤️ So glad to hear your feedback!
As a native Czech I can asure you, that your pronunciation of Podlažice and Sedlec, was correct. The only problem was with the pronunciation of the ''ř ''sound in Břevnov.
Good to know! Thank you 😊
Ok that inrto was GOLD! I have chills. Love it!
Fascinating!! Loved this video, can't wait to see more x
Thank you so much 😊
This is so interesting! Looking forward to your next one
Thank you! Next one coming later this month 😊
I loved this! I'm currently working on my MLIS and plan on going into rare books. It was an absolute delight. I've studied this book in my classes, and I loved your presentation.
Amazing! Thank you ❤️ And best of luck with your degree!
May I ask what resources you use to study the codex gigas? I want to study it as well, for personal benefit, not scholarly. But I would like some direction nonetheless. Thank you!
What an enticing mystery! Now I'll have to learn more about the Devil's Bible.
I thought the mix of topics in it was very interesting. Both scientific, religious, and personal confessions from the author. I can't imagine the book was useful for daily life at the time it was written, but it does provide a reflection of the human experience at that time and place. Back then, there may have been no difference between science and spells...
Please make that spells video!!!
It is indeed! Such a good way to understand people's way of understanding the world.
Loved this video with the hints of humor, fascinating history
Thank you so much 😊
Great video💯
Waiting for part 2
Thank you! I did make one on Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta, in case you wanna check that out.
one of my theories is emperor rudolf II tore out and kept pages of the codex for his “occult collections” and have since been lost to time, destroyed or hidden and hasn’t been found 🤔
I love this!
@@SolisScriptorivm OR handed down, because to be fair, would you give it back if you had pages of this legendary book in your family for generations?! 😂👀
@@MargoIndigo Honestly, it would certainly be an internal moral battle.
Answered all my questions ☺️ can’t wait for more lol I’m a history fanatic
So excited to make more! Although in case you haven't seen it, I did one on Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta.
Very interesting topic, I want to know more. Thank you for the video, keep up the great work.
Very glad you enjoyed it ☺️
Amazing video. Thank you
This is brilliant. Thank you for the excellent video!
I didn't get a notification for this btw 🤔
Thank you 😊 And that's odd, if you have the notifications on. Not sure what happened...
@@SolisScriptorivm I have had this happen several times lately with a few channels I subscribe to. CZcams is having recurring glitches 🤨
@@maleahlock That's strange. Good to know!
Thank You, really enjoyed this. Looking forward to more. And..... thanks for sending me down the rabbit hole....:D 😃😬
Any time! Glad you enjoyed it :)
So thorough! Thank you for the excellent summary. Very cute and entertaining too 😊
Thank you so much!
This is amazing! Thank you so much!
So glad you liked it 😊
A few weeks back a part of this series came up in a Playlist I was watching and today my curiosity has brought me back. Separate events but maybe not a coincidence 🤔
Nice! So glad you're here, coincidence or not 😊
Glad I stumbled across your channel very very interesting can't wait to see an hear more of ur content 😀😊👍
Thank you so much 🖤
Fantastic episode. I am doing research on this book, for my own fantasy book I am writing. Everything I read so far from the place that has the book, and the video they had in Swedish, fits what you said. Plus I learned a lot more. Going to keep watching some more videos as though my book is pure fantasy, I like to gte facts right :)
Hiya Maydi, Thanks very much for another great video. I've seen a couple of documentaries about the Codex Gigas and it has always been at the back of my mind that it could have been a commission. This stems primarily from the huge cost of production and the length of time it took. A monastery that could provide the skills to produce it would surely need either to be incredibly wealthy or have a benefactor who's identity would remain anonymous. However, my theory fails badly due to the very lengthy period of production, as presumably the mysterious benefactor would have been at least in their twenties on commissioning the book, probably from a very wealthy/ powerful family, and by the time it was completed I think that they may have expired! This then takes us back to the beginning! It seems to us in the modern world to be a weird thing to do, but the medieval mind was certainly a very different one. Take care, David.
I love this! This is precisely the thing I love about these history topics. Speculating and exchanging ideas of what could've happened. Thank you! And apologies for the super late reply.
Thank you!
I just came across your channel via the ink videos, as I was looking for info having read 'The Library of the Unwritten'- in which the Codex Gigas is a key plot point :) *subscribes*
Oh....OH!! I hadn't heard of this book and it sounds right up my alley! Thank you so much!
@@SolisScriptorivm I've since also had several goes at the iron gall ink - such a fun thing! Some friends even got me pens to try callligraphy :D (Not really my skill set, but writing with my own ink has been great)
Just came across your page…you’re pretty freaking smart and have a great Ora. I’ll keep going through your videos.
Thank you very much 😊
Beautiful job thankyou
Thank YOU !
"It saved the book, though." Lmao answering the important questions! I loved this video!
Haha! Thank you so much :)
I have seen you writing in Spanish, so I am going to comment in Spanish. Soy un tipo cualquiera que usa plumas fuente para escribir todo, me encanta la práctica de escritura terapéutica y uso mi pluma preferida para hacerlo sobre TomoeRiver, sin embargo en algunas ocasiones me gusta ver vídeos sobre plumas, tintas y papel, y haciendo esto me topé con tu canal, y principalmente sobre este Códex Gigas. Es el primer vídeo que veo completo sobre escritos medievales, me encanto, ojalá hagas mas. No soy calígrafo, ni hago Journaling en tu estilo pegando cositas y hacido dibujos…. Simplemente escribo con pluma fuente B sobre buen papel; aún así seguiré buscando tus vídeos. Genial actitud para contar algo tan trascendental en la historia
Mil gracias! Jaja sí, yo soy de Puerto Rico, así que la mayoría de lo que escribo con propósito personal es en español. Gracias por tu comentario tan bonito, y espero seguir haciendo este tipo de video muy pronto! 😊
I came here from The Welsh Vijung' and I'm glad I did!
Wonderful video, Just watched your Iron ink video.. Subscribed ! Thankyou :)
Thank you so much ❤️
Can you buy a copy anywhere?
😅 the creation of this book is def on my time travel bucket list.
im asking myself why are those roses moving in the background???
where are you from originally?
any book that shares wisdom is interesting to me.
I think the portrait of the "devil" was added later and is covering the original drawing
We're can I find a good devil's bibles or what is a good devil's bible.
love this so much! definitely adding this to my collection of knowledge for reenactments and faire shows :> by the way, is the name "in the flesh" a play on the fact that the books were written on leather vellum? i love it
also, PLEASE do a video on medieval magick and rituals.
Thank you so much! And yes, yes it is 😉
But woe to the earth and the sea,
because the devil has gone down to you!
He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short.
It's the devils work burn it. Like anything we don't comprehend.
Well, following for more like this
What if its not written by one person but a tracing device was used for the lettering to maintain uniform consistency? Like the NeoLucida or stencils… work smarter not harder after all …
I love you!!! No, I really, really love you!!!
Ive always been massively fascinated with this book.
Also, you're extremely beautiful 💚
This lady is definitely possessed. She filmed this whole video with a fly on her eyeball which as we know from movies is an obvious sign of a dead/possessed person.
Bwaaahahaha! 😈
Long Live the Ancient Dreams!
I beleive that those pages werent "lost" but taken by someone. If it was written with the Devils help, its said that Evil forces hate Latin, something doesnt fit in all this.
Adding more questions to the mystery!
Sedlet monastery
All I thought when she said giving us the spell what is this spell for before you just start reading it. I don't know how many people are watching all of us thinking and hearing the same thing it could be bad what is this spell for???!!!😳😳
my uncle got decapitated in his car by an "MS-DOS 3.3" book that was laying on the rear shelf
Im so Glad I’m a the daughter of the King! Thank you Jesus!!!
It would be nice to get to read and take pictures of every single page. And have a translator!!😍🤔
I bet you there were really 666 pages.
😂 Yes!
Bruha!
Bwahaha!
I am born of a starsaphire
Please tell me she's joking when she waves a fan after saying the devil is a prince of darkness.😑
It was most likely created by an ancient giant
I like this!
@@SolisScriptorivm Right on I like your mindset then. You should check out the channel “Jon Levi”, he goes into these stranger topics and examines everything around us with fresh, unbiased eyes. Cheers!
Yes. A fallen angel.
It's hard to keep a straight face after when she has an awkward look on her face while saying the phrase, "and Besiality"😂🤣
Eyes have not seen or witness the glory of god
And if your feeling strange reading this it's because I know a lot more about dimensions than anyone in the multiverses unified universals
Please tell more, im very fascinated and might have stumbled upon something myself
And have seen the first being ever here and it chose me for ?
That spell is all about Jesus.
Blood you drink.
And meet you eat.
And in blood you are washed.
Then a reference to the lamb.
Jesus says to eat His flesh and drink His blood (because He is the fruit of life hung on the tree of life) and we will be washed in His blood and lay down next to the lamb.
“Whoever sows to please their flesh, will reap destruction, whoever sows to please the spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.” Galatians 6:8. This stuff is demonic and spiritually fatal to your soul. Please stay away from this! Please turn to Jesus. Your soul is at stake. The devil has nothing for you but destruction and death. You might think this is “cool” but you have a Heavenly Father who is 100% against ALL of this.
Who ever made this video I can De
sypher the codex
The secrets of the scriptorium....
Nnnnnnnice!!!
Thanks!
That's not the Devil!! Why do people describe the devil as looking like a scary being? I don't know much, but I though in the bible he is described as “ ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty". That says to me, the devil is the epitome of male beauty..
You were... everything is under constant change. Gollum comes to mind.
You have not made a spell/ ritual video yet! 😂
You are very right!
I want to read codex gigas in English and I want to summon the great satan king 👑🔱. I want to make a deal with the devil I’m going to give my soul ❤
Audio bible
Install
...yes but...the consistency of it, being almost impossible to obtain throughout 30 years, it's because....has been in reality written in only one night with the devil's help 👹... don't forget that ;-)
Indeed... Bwahahahaha! 😈
You should read my poetry since you seem like an English teacher lol
I'm not, but thanks!
U fine
This is a fascinating presentation, S-S, but perhaps you’ll forgive me for thinking this to be Medieval ‘clickbait’ - & that in no way detracts from your excellent critique of the subject matter at hand - not your clickbait, but more of the period; that the book is appointed as, ‘The Devil’s Bible’ seems disingenuous; as far as I understand it (& I am no Medieval scholar), the ‘Devil’s Bible’ is better known as, ‘The Grande Grimoire’ - & bears little or no resemblance to this liturgical work. If it is indeed a construct of penance, then it is (even in that period) a harsh remonstration - the transgression for which one might assume was (as the book itself), gargantuan - or at least for the era.
I would agree - & consistent with the font, initials, & illustrations, most likely to have been penned by one individual - tho’ I’d consider twenty to thirty years, a conservative estimate ( I guess carbon dating might establish the dateline more accurately, if it’s not already been done). I’d personally add another twenty years to (your given) estimate. That indeed, is a lifetime’s work, & no mean feat.
For myself, I’d make an assertion: given the pecuniary outlay for this tome - it would have been astronomical, & hence the protracted period to construct this behemoth of a book; either that, or the commissioner for this piece was outlandishly wealthy, & put up the moneys with little or no thought to cost - an indulgence, perhaps ? The subsequent sale of this work in the thirteenth century may not have been due to a hardship, rather (& this is a stretch) to make good on an unsettled debt ?
It is interesting that not all the owners of this incredible literary work were necessarily of an ecumenical stature - to me, it would appear this book became part of the spoils of war or conflict - the fascination for which promulgates possessive greed (one of the mortal sins of man).
My final contention would be: This is an incredible piece - poster sized - dramatic, emblematic, & significant only to the religious order, because your ordinary peasant would not be versed in latin, or indeed any matters pertaining to religious orthodoxy - they just followed, as sheep (there’s a modern day parable to Brexit in there somewhere ;D
Thank you for a brilliant insight into this manuscript - stay well & keep safe,
Best,
Andrew :)
Instead of Codex Gigas, call this video "Stare at my narcissistic face for 20 minutes".
Take it easy madam, the world doesn't revolve around you.
English bible app
Arabic bible app
My GOD u so beautiful !!!!!🙏🏻🌹
Well, thank you
Latin bible app
Russian bible app
Say something new!
This is fake book / real book quran 📖
Hebrew bible app
Greek bible app
You need to learn your Bible first and foremost then you'll have the Wisdom to understand everything else
Reading a book from a begger? Lol 😂
😂
Blah blah blah
Your mind is your god and the master. Nothing else.
Indeed!
EXACTLY & WELL VERSED LUV❤️🔥💖
Satan was known to be Gods most beautiful angel. I don’t think he looks like a goblin unless this was his way of being a comedian when he so called helped write this book. Lol
I like your point!
If the devil prince of darkness who is the King of Darkness???
Same story , nothing new 😑
Herman the recluse almost died like Elizabeth Bathory. I mean
He died like Elizabeth Bathory