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Codex Gigas

manuscript compendium from the 13th century
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Summary

Codex Gigas is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.19% of written work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,214 views/month, #12 of 6,426).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Bohemia[3]
  • Instance of: codex[4], illuminated manuscript[5]
  • Named after: Bible[6], devil[7]
  • Made from material: vellum[8]
  • Collection: National Library of Sweden[9]
  • Inventory number: A 148[10]
  • Location: National Library of Sweden[11]
  • Commons category: Codex Gigas[12]
  • Language of work or name: Latin[13]
  • Inception: 1300[14]
  • Location of formation: Podlažice Monastery[15]
  • Official website: http://kb.se/codex-gigas/eng/[16]
  • Number of pages: 310[17]
  • Present in work: Q104895477[18]
  • Title: Codex Gigas[19]
  • Exemplar of: Vulgate[20], Vetus Latina[21], Etymologiae[22], Antiquities of the Jews[23], Chronica Boemorum[24]
  • Different from: The Satanic Bible[25]
  • IIIF manifest URL: https://www.wdl.org/en/item/3042/manifest[26]

Why It Matters

Codex Gigas has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

Antiquities of the Jews

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0251216-Codex-Gigas
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0251216-Codex-Gigas, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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