CODEX SERAPHINIANUS – The strangest book in the world

codex-seraphinianus-4_1The cover of the book is constantly being studied. An edition of this book, depicts a couple who, in the act of having sex, is transformed into a crocodile. Between 1976 and 1978 the Italian artist Luigi Serafini has made a special book, written and illustrated with over a thousand drawings. The Seraphinianus Codex is an absolutely original and surreal book, which provides fantastic interpretation of all areas of human knowledge. https://www.amazon.com/Codex-Seraphinianus-Luigi-Serafini/dp/0847842134 Through 360 pages, curiously decorated with graphic metamorphosis, see slide under your eyes – in an incomprehensible handwriting – a special encyclopedia, because the alphabet in which the Codex is written not transcribes any existing language.codex-seraphinianus-3_1

This book so special, has been appreciated by many people (like Italo Calvino and Tim Burton), who appreciated the visionary reinterpretation of all matters covered by human knowledge. Any encyclopedia, yet the knowledge of an era, but in this truly original code no stable anchor there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Y5aYJh9U8 This intriguing fickleness, allows each player to use Codex Seraphinianus in purely psychological field, where the cataloging of the world stimulates the birth of new mental associations.codex_seraphinianus_1_1

The original edition was printed in two volumes (now in very rare and expensive time), embellished with illustrations borrowed from the present world. The other side of its cover, described the book as a text for encoding and decoding messages. The Seraphinianus Codex is an encyclopedia of an alien world that reflects our. The artists will study the illustrations and philosophers reflect on the meaning of the book. Fantasy fans admire it and collectors aspire to own it. Written and illustrated by Luigi Serafini, it published 35 years ago, today it is a book became an object of worship in the world. https://www.amazon.it/Codex-Seraphinianus-Luigi-Serafini/dp/8817068888/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480837472&sr=8-1&keywords=codex+seraphinianuslogo-meeting-benches

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