Codex Seraphinianus

brownzeroed · Post by **brownzeroed** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:34 pm

by Luigi Serafini.

"..it is a highly idiosyncratic magnum opus by an Italian architect indulging his sense of fancy to the hilt. It consists of two volumes in a completely invented language (including the numbering system, which is itself rather esoteric), penned entirely by the author, accompanied by thousands of beautifully drawn colour pictures of the most fantastic scenes, machines, beasts, feasts, and so on. It purports to be a vast encyclopedia of a hypothetical land somewhat like the earth, with many creatures resembling people to various degrees, but many creatures of unheard-of bizarreness promenading throughout the countryside. Serafini has sections on physics, chemistry, mineralogy (including many drawings of elaborate gems), geography, botany, zoology, sociology, linguistics, technology, architecture, sports (of all sorts), clothing, and so on. The pictures have their own internal logic, but to our eyes they are filled with utter non sequiturs."

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H_C_E · Post by **H_C_E** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:15 pm

Heard about this one a while back. Seems like a great deal of fun. Yet it also seems to pale in comparison to the Voynich Manuscript.

HCE

brownzeroed · Post by **brownzeroed** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:18 pm

I don't know much about the Voynich Manuscript. Just some quick google searches. Is there net access to the complete text? I'd love to check it out.

From what I've seen, I think the CODEX prob has it beat with the illustrations, but the Voynich sounds massive!

The CODEX has great sentimental value. My grandfather owned a partial manuscript (don't ask me how), and after he died it went to me. I was probably ten or eleven at the time. It's a huge influence.

And in true Bono spirit, I let it get stolen out of my dorm room, back in college! I suspect it was either a gorgeous redhead or a dimensional shambler. I'm giving the girl the benefit of doubt.