The Codex Gigas (“Giant Book” in Latin) is believed to have been created in the13th century in the Benedictine monastery of ...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Codex Gigas, also known as the Devil’s Bible — a medieval manuscript said to have been written 800 years ago with the devil’s help — has returned to Prague after an absence of ...
The Codex Sassoon, a 10th century Hebrew Bible, goes up for sale at Sotheby’s in May and could become the most valuable book ever sold at auction. “It’s one of the world’s greatest treasures.” Sharon ...
Scholars worried that the text had disappeared from the public, but the Crosby-Schøyen Codex is now on display at the Museum of the Bible. The buyer of one of the oldest books in existence is no ...