Gliblets: May 7-13
May 7, 1697
On this date the Castle Tre Kronor, housing the Swedish Royal Library burned to the ground, almost taking the Codex Gigas (The Devil’s Bible) with it. The book was allegedly saved by a librarian who threw it out the window. The fate of the librarian is unrecorded.
The book is evidently the largest medieval illustrated manuscript. Since they st…
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