Codex Gigas
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The Codex Gigas is the largest extant medieval illuminated manuscript in the world, at a length of 92 cm. It is a Romanesque Latin Bible, with other texts, some secular, added in the second half of th
The Codex Gigas opened to the page with the distinctive portrait of the Devil from which the text received its byname, the Devil's Bible.
Illuminated initial at the start of the Wisdom of Solomon
Illustration of the Devil on Codex Gigas, early thirteenth century
Opening of the Gospel of Matthew
Devil in Christianity
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In Christianity, the Devil, also known as Satan, is a malevolent entity that deceives and tempts humans. Frequently viewed as the personification of evil, he is traditionally held to have rebelled aga
Codex Gigas
…page size of the Codex Gigas is exceptional. The manuscript is also known as the Devil's Bible due to its highly unusual full-page portrait of Satan, the Devil, and the legend surrounding the book's creation. Apart from the page with an image of the Devil, the book is not very heavily illustrated with figurative…
The Fallen Angel (1847) by Alexandre Cabanel
The Examination of Job (c. 1821) by William Blake
The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Pieter Paul Rubens, c. 1615, depicting Eve reaching for the forbidden fruit beside the Devil portrayed as a serpent
Lucifer (Le génie du mal) by Guillaume Geefs (Cathedral of St. Paul, Liège, Belgium)