Codex Gigas

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:manuscript
gptkbp:acquiredBySweden 1648
gptkbp:acquisitionContext gptkb:Thirty_Years'_War
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Devil's_Bible
gptkbp:binds wooden boards covered with leather
gptkbp:conservationStatus well-preserved
gptkbp:contains gptkb:New_Testament
gptkb:Old_Testament
gptkb:event
gptkb:Isidore_of_Seville's_Etymologiae
gptkb:Josephus'_Antiquities_of_the_Jews
gptkb:Chronica_Boemorum
medical texts
illustration of the devil
magic formulas
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Bohemia
gptkbp:created gptkb:Benedictine_monastery_of_Podlažice
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:Stockholm
gptkb:National_Library_of_Sweden
gptkbp:date early 13th century
gptkbp:hasLegend written by a monk in one night with the devil's help
gptkbp:height 92 cm
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gptkbp:illustrator illuminated initials
full-page illustrations
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:material vellum
gptkbp:missingContent monastic rules
gptkbp:missingPages several
gptkbp:notableFor large size
full-page devil illustration
legend of being written in a single night
gptkbp:ownerHistory gptkb:Emperor_Rudolf_II
gptkb:Benedictine_monastery_of_Podlažice
gptkb:Břevnov_Monastery
gptkb:Swedish_army
gptkbp:pages 310
gptkbp:script gptkb:Carolingian_minuscule
gptkbp:studiedBy historians
theologians
paleographers
gptkbp:thickness 22 cm
gptkbp:UNESCORegisterYear 2007
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Memory_of_the_World
gptkbp:weight approximately 75 kg
gptkbp:width 50 cm
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:National_Library_of_Czech_Republic
gptkb:Czech_National_Library
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7