ifenes:
It is a medieval book "claimed" to be written by a monk who broke his vows. He got locked up and was meant to be there till his death as a punishment. He made a deal with the monetary that he will write a book that contained all knowledge in the world.

During this time was when Christianity and ridiculous beliefs in god,angels,demons and blaming people for witchery were very strong. The fact that a monk,due to his artistic nature painted and gave an unusual, very dark illustration of the devil and the fact that the level of illiteracy was at its highest....well obviously a world full of illiterates are usually easiest to manipulate and can accept with their deepest fear that it was the devil's bible

It was never a devil's bible but a very good writer,story teller,artist among millions of medieval illiterates. Mind you it was full of exaggeration.

DeLioncourt:


You make it sound like you have previewed or fully viewed the contents of the book. I hear it is currently resident in Sweden tho

ifenes:


The original is in Sweden, but copies are in the French and British library , even online.

DeLioncourt:
■ I doubt the authenticity of those online copies jare. Besides, many of them usually copy from other online sources so you never know what's authentic online. I hear it's almost impossible to access the original copy.