Selected images

We have assembled a few of the Codex Gigas’ most beautiful pages here. They are just a small part of the big book.

The images give you an idea of the variety and richness of the manuscript's artful decoration. Among other things, you will see the famous portrait of the Devil from which the book takes its nickname.

The devils work?

The Codex Gigas was written in the kingdom of Bohemia by an unknown scribe in the beginning of the 13th century.

History of the Codex Gigas
Caretaker Gustavsson with the Codex Gigas in the showroom at the National Library 1929.