The Codex Gigas - largest extant medieval illuminated manuscript. It is also known as the Devil's Bible because of a very unusual full-page portrait of the devil, and the legend surrounding its creation. Weighing 74.8 kg (165 lb), Codex Gigas is composed of 310 leaves of vellum allegedly made from the skins of 160 donkeys. It was created in the early 13th century in the Benedictine monastery of Podlažice in Bohemia (modern Czech Republic). It contains the complete Vulgate Bible as well as other