In a stark cell a monk pleads for his life. He's in deadly trouble. His sin has shattered a sacred monastic rule, so offensive it's kept secret.

He is a Benedictine called the Black Monks. Their funereal

robes symbolised death to the earthly world. The monk promises the impossible.

He'll inscribe a massive tone, the greatest book of his age.

It will contain the Bible and all human knowledge.

And to prove his penance, he'll write this colossal creation in one night.

In his darkest hour he makes an unholy pact.

He asks for help from the fallen archangel Satan.

The legend says the demon answers the monk's call.

As the Gospels were guided by the hand of God,

the Codex Gigus is guided by the hand of God, the Codex Gigus is guided by the hand of the devil.

It is absolutely mad, it is Looney, there are no other manuscripts like it.

It was the devil they worried about much more than seeking

God's approval. Its infernal illustrations and supernatural spells are said to have been produced

by just one monk in just one night after he sold his soul to Satan.

It contains a combination of text that exists nowhere else.

It is a most peculiar, strange, haunting, fascinating, large, bizarre, inexplicable object.

And the Codex is the only book that places the old and new testaments alongside violent, holy incantations.

Spells of demonic exorcism.

Now the results of this intriguing investigation are revealed, which shocking

evidence that the diabolical tale behind the Devil's Bible is in part true. and We're here. This is mysterious circumstances and I say we because I am joined by a special co-host this evening and Kate would you like to

introduce yourself? Certainly sure I'm Kate and my podcast is called Ignorance was Bliss.

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