The Codex Gigas is thought to be the largest surviving medieval manuscript. It measures nearly 36 inches (91 cm) long, 20 inches (51 cm) wide, and 9 inches (23 cm) thick and weighs roughly 165 pounds (75 kg). It consists of 310 leaves of parchment, or 620 pages in total, believed to have been made from the skins of an estimated 160 calves or donkeys. It is bound in white leather over thick wooden boards. Fittings on the back suggest it might have been chained to furniture.
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