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An art book unlike any other art book. A unique and disturbing surreal parody. Grotesque and beautiful. Le manuscrit Voynich. Codex Seraphinianus. Codex Seraphinianus, originally published in 1981, is an illustrated encyclopedia of an imaginary world, created by the Italian artist, architect, and industrial designer Luigi Serafini during thirty months, from 1976 to 1978.[1] The book is approximately 360 pages long (depending on edition), and written in a strange, generally unintelligible alphabet.
Originally published in Italy, the book has since been released in several countries.[2] The Latin noun codex referred to a book with pages (as opposed to a scroll), and is often applied in modern usage to a manuscript with pages, especially an antiquarian one.[3] Seraphinianus is a Latinisation of the author's surname, Serafini (which in Italian, refers to the seraphs). The title Codex Seraphinianus may thus be understood as "the book (or manuscript) of Serafini".[4] Description[edit] Internet Sacred Text Archive Home. Under Development: Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection: Ms. Coll. 700. In Production: Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts. Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts. Archimedes Palimpsest.