[kj] Something Jaz might like: 165 lb. medieval "Devil's Bible" displayed in Czech Republic

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 "including all human knowledge."
 
 Isnt that what Jaz said about Gems of Power or something? Maybe Jaz should have sold his soul to the devil and then  the release date of Gems of Power would have been a bit prompter
 
 
 
 
 
According to legend the scribe was a monk who breached his monastic code and was sentenced to be walled up alive. In order to forbear this harsh penalty he promised to create in one single night a book to glorify the monastery forever, including all human knowledge. Near midnight he became sure that he could not complete this task alone, so he sold his soul to the devil for help. The devil completed the manuscript and the monk added the devil's picture out of gratitude for his aid.> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:42:57 -0500> From: bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net> To: gathering at misera.net> Subject: [kj] Something Jaz might like: 165 lb. medieval "Devil's Bible" displayed in Czech Republic> > Wikipedia entry on this fascinating book is here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Gigas> > > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070920/lf_afp/czechswedenhistorycultureart_070920150923;_ylt=Aju9kpQoFJecmZLj3Tc5IicFO7gF> > > Czechs get chance to view rare medieval manuscript> > /Thu Sep 20, 11:09 AM ET/> > Czechs got the chance to examine the world's biggest medieval > manuscript, the "Codex Gigas" or "Devil's Bible," for the first time in > almost 359 years on Thursday when the precious work went on show as part > of a four-month-long exhibition.> > The 13th century masterpiece, considered at the time as the eighth > wonder of the world, was carried off as booty by Swedish troops from > Prague during the Thirty Years' War but has returned at the end of > painstaking negotiations and preparations between Prague and Stockholm.> > The 624-page, 75-kilogramme (165-pound) work is on display in a > specially designed safe-like room in a former Jesuit college in the > centre of historic Prague with visitors limited to 10 at a time and > rationed to a few minutes each.> > The book is so valuable that its Swedish owners insisted on a state > guarantee worth 300 million koruna (10.8 million euros, 15.1 million > dollars) rather than a normal commercial insurance to cover any > eventualities, director of the Czech National Library, Vlastimil Jezek, > explained at the unveiling of the exhibition.> > The return of the "Devil's Bible," which owes its name to a superb > illustration of the devil found inside and the legend about its creator, > demanded long-drawn out negotiations.> > "During discussions, you could feel on the Swedish side the underlying > question: 'If we lend this to you Czechs, will you give it back to us?'" > Jezek recounted with a wry smile.> > The manuscript was the work of a monk working at the Pozlazice monastery > located in the centre of the current Czech Republic. The monastery was > destroyed during the 15th-century wars of religion.> > Legend has it that the monk was condemned to be walled up alive for > committing a grave crime. To escape from that slow death, he proposed to > create the masterpiece in a night so that it would bring glory to the > monastery and wipe out his sins.> > To achieve that, however, he had to solicit help from the devil and, in > recognition of that aid, slipped in the illustration of his "helper" in > the final work.> > Lodged among the Prague treasures of the celebrated arts collector > Emperor Rudolph II, the rare book was carried off by troops of Swedish > general Konigsmark at the end of the Thirty Years' War.> > > _______________________________________________> Gathering mailing list> Gathering at misera.net> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering
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