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The page numbering restarts in the second volume of the codex which starts with the anthropology section. Illustrated encyclopedia of an imaginary world, created by italian artist, architect and industrial designer luigi serafini between 1976 to 1978. He worked as an architect in milan during most of the 80s. Imagine you could talk to hieronymus bosch, the authors of the book of revelation, or of the voynich manuscripta bizarre 15th century text. An artist, architect, and designer, serafini drew on his multidisciplinary background to craft an encyclopedia of a world of impossibilities. The codex is unlike other historically wellknown strange books such as the voynich manuscript, in that the author of the book is not only known luigi serafini is his name, hes still alive. 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. The book appears to be a visual encyclopedia of an unknown world, written in one of its languages. Deciphering the dark secrets of codex seraphinianus youtube. This visual encyclopedia of an unknown world written in an unknown.
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