The Codex Gigas (“Giant Book” in Latin) is believed to have been created in the13th century in the Benedictine monastery of ...

More than 350 years after it was looted from Prague by the Swedish Army during the Thirty Years’ War, a famous medieval text will return to its native land, though only temporarily. The Codex Gigas ...

How does one gauge the value of a soul? Faust learned this lesson the hard way, by selling his soul and then regretting it. American musician Robert Johnson supposedly sold his soul in order to become ...

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The 13th century leatherbound tome is believed to be the world’s largest surviving medieval manuscript and is kept in a vault at the National Library of Sweden. At 89cm tall and 49cm wide, it’s the ...

10:45, Tue, May 12, 2015 Updated: 10:58, Tue, May 12, 2015 Inside the books of intricate scribblings, which include the entire Bible, is a full page colour drawing of Satan. Legend has it the medieval ...

A short walk through almost any Czech city exposes the country as a historical epicenter of esoteric and occult treasures, with mysterious symbolism built into much of the architecture and city ...