Codex Gigas: The Devil's Bible : The Secrets of the World's Largest Book by Kamil Boldan

Author:Kamil Boldan [Kamil Boldan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Benedictines, Manuscripts; Latin (Medieval and modern), Illumination of books and manuscripts; Medieval
ISBN: 9788020015761
Publisher: National Library of the Czech Republic
Published: 2007-01-15T05:00:00+00:00

About the Exhibition

The National Library of the Czech Republic, in conjunction with the National Library of Sweden, is preparing an exhibition where the original Devil’s Bible will be presented to the public.

The exhibition will be open to the public

on 20th September 2007 and will continue until 9th March 2008.

Apart from the original of the rare manuscript itself, the visitor will also have the opportunity to become better acquainted with the content of this largest mediaeval book and follow its dramatic journey through the centuries. The first place connected with the existence of this manuscript is the monastery in Podlažice near Chrudim, from which the book travelled to Sedlec near Kutná Hora having been pawned to the Cistercians there. From Sedlec, the pledge was redeemed in 1295 by the abbot Pavel Bavor for the library of the monastery in Břevnov, where it became an object of interest of the Bishop of Prague Gregory (Řehoř Zajíc of Valdek) and other scholars of that time. In May 1420, Taborites together with Praguers plundered, burnt and damaged the Břevnov monastery. During the storms of the Hussite Wars, however, the Benedictines of Břevnov took refuge in the fortified monastery in Broumov taking with them a number of valuable objects, including the Devil’s Bible. The book was vigilantly guarded in the monastery until it passed to the famous collections of Rudolph II. From there at the end of the Thirty Years’ War, it was carried off as a particularly valued part of the war booty to Sweden.

The exhibition will take place in both Baroque Corridors of the Klementinum Gallery, and the loaned

Devil’s Bible will be on display in a new special vault.

The pictures have been used with the kind permission of the National Library of Sweden

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