So what's so special about this book? >Was finished

>>16999378
>was finished in one night
this is pretty amazing on its own. as a calligrapher, writing a whole bible in one night sounds impossible, as that would be a years-long endeavour for one writer, especially considering how physically large the book is.

>can't be deciphered
...codex gigas is written in Latin, its contents being the Vulgate bible + a few other things that are written in Latin.
I think you're confusing gigas for the voynich manuscript.

>secrets of the universe
again, sounds like you're confusing it for voynich, which is a mystery.

>monarchy
well, it was a huge bible with several useful texts in its appedecies.
a book that big would have production costs in the equivalent of billions of dollars. of course monarchs would want such a status symbol.

>>16999424
>voynich manuscript.
i personally think it's gibberish because the guy was a book dealer.

>>16999378
>Was finished in one night..
If its the book pictured, then that's total bullshit. You might as well say the book was written in one hour, it's equally as unbelievable.

Certainly sounds like a holy text.

/his/

>>17001891
It could be finished in one night if there were multiple scribes performing it all at the same time. They would have to have practiced their calligraphy for years to have them all apper to look the same though.

>>17001906
Yeah, that's a little implausible though. You still need someone to actually tell them what to actually draw and write, unless they were somehow all possessed by some spirit entity who moved their hands and did not need anyone to direct them on what to write/draw.

bump for necronomicon fags

>>17001896

what do you want /x/ to be for, honestly?

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>>17001891
1/24 as believable

>>17002284
1/12 since they said 'one night'

>>17002287
Fair enough