Codex Seraphinianus
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The Codex Seraphinianus is an illustrated encyclopedia of an imaginary world, created by Italian artist, architect and industrial designer Luigi Serafini between 1976 and 1978 and first published in 1
The original two-volume work
Cover of Abbeville edition
Voynich manuscript
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The Voynich manuscript is an illustrated codex, hand-written in an undeciphered script referred to as 'Voynichese'. The vellum on which it is written has been carbon-dated to the early 15th century. S
Codex Seraphinianus
…colored-pencil illustrations of bizarre and fantastical flora, fauna, anatomies, fashions, and foods. It has been compared to the still undeciphered Voynich manuscript, the story "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" by Jorge Luis Borges, and the artwork of M. C. Escher and Hieronymus Bosch. The illustrations are often surreal…
A floral illustration on page 29
Retouching of drawing on page 131; f72v3
Page 119; f66r, showing characteristics of the text
Page 191; f107r, text detail