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Codex Gigas: Can you buy a translated copy?
If you've never heard of the Codex Gigas, it's a book written in medieval times. It was supposedly written in one night by a man who sold his soul to the devil.
It was written in Latin in excellent calligraphy, and contains very interesting tidbits of Jewish and Christian history.
Now, I was wondering if there are any translated copies for sale anywhere? I've searched for a while and turned up nothing.
Help me out?
Not on Amazon. Already checked.
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
So far as I know, there is not a translation of the Codex Giga itself. This is in part because the manuscript is not a single work, but a collection of works.
The longest texts of the Codex Gigas are the entire Bible, Isidore of Seville's encyclopedia Etymologiae, Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews, and Cosmas of Prague's Chronicle of Bohemia. The Bible, except for a few books is the Vulgate. The rest are pre-Vulgate Latin translations. Since you want to read in English, the difference between the translations shouldn't matter. Isidore is widely available in multiple translations. I believe Penguin publishes one. Josephus is also widely available. Loeb has a parallel text translation. There is a new translation of Cosmas out by Lisa Wolverton.
Also in the manuscript are eight medical texts, Five are a collection of Greek and Byzantine texts that are collectively know as the "Ars medicinae" or the Articella, these were essentially the basic medical textbook of the medieval world. The other three are by Constantine the African, an 11th century monk. I did not find a translation of the Articella or of Constantine the African.
There is also a confession of sins, two spells of conjuration for protection against illness and demons, and a calendar that included a list of Saints. I can not find translation for these short works.
There are also some missing pages. It is though that these pages contained the Rule of St. Benedict, and perhaps one other work. The Rule of St. Benedict is widely available in translation.
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Codex Gigas: Can you buy a translated copy?
If you've never heard of the Codex Gigas, it's a book written in medieval times. It was supposedly written in one night by a man who sold his soul to the devil.
It was written in Latin in excellent calligraphy, and contains very interesting tidbits of Jewish and Christian history....
Source(s): codex gigas buy translated copy: https://tr.im/TuV2A - Anonymous5 years ago
At this time there is none. However I saw a tv progremme recently that stated there was work being done for an electronic version. How long that will be before release I do not know.
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