Charles Halton

Free Resource: The Devil’s Bible

The National Library of Sweden website has a digital copy of the exquisite Gigas Bible, or Devil’s Bible, that you can freely browse. The Gigas Bible is the oldest known European biblical manuscript and, interestingly, has under its binding in the following order: the Old Testament, Josephus’s Antiquities and The Jewish War, Isidore’s Encyclopedia, a collection of medical works, the New Testament, and, finally, a history of Bohemia (quite a deuterocanonical corpus!). Furthermore, it is an illuminated manuscript which contains many beautiful drawings the most famous of which is of the devil. Enjoy.

One thought on “Free Resource: The Devil’s Bible

  1. Is the original version of the Bohemian Rhapsody in there too :)

    Thanks for sharing the link – very interesting stuff!!

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