The Skins of 160 Donkeys

I was thinking of making a book about Tuna and the Imagination so I googled those terms and got a bajillion photos of John Lennon and recipes with fish. Not what I was looking for so I dove deeper into the sea of books only to stumble happily upon the Codes Gigas (And for the best original title: Codes Gigas, meaning Giant Book.) A very large demonic book indeed. From everyone's favorite crib sheet, wikipedia:

• The codex is believed to have been created by Herman the Recluse in the Czech Republic. Records in the codex end in the year 1229. From 1477–1593 it was kept in the library of a monastery in Broumov until it was taken to Prague in 1594.
• At the end of the Thirty Year's War in  1648, the entire collection was taken as plunder by the Swedish army. From 1649 to 2007 the manuscript was kept in the Swedish Royal Library.
• In September, 2007, Codex Gigas returned to Prague on loan from Sweden until January 2008, and was on display at the Czech National Library.
  
  At 92 cm (36.2in.) tall, 50 cm (19.7in.) wide and 22 cm (8.6in.) thick it is the largest known medieval manuscript. Weighing 74.8 kg (165 pounds), Codex Gigas is composed of 310 leaves of vellum allegedly made from the skins of 160 donkeys.
  
  This tome has a whole bunch of books rolled up into one: new and old testaments, josephus' history of the jews, hippocrates' medical stuff and, of course, a couple of few pictures of the devil. Rumor has it it was made by Herman in one night, with the help of the devil. Quite an impressive output, if you ask me.

Video Number One: Codes Gigas en Espanol with creepy music. Please study Spanish and watch this cool video.

Video Numero Dos En Inglés. Por favor, estudiar español y luego ver este corto video.

While a super find and intriguing, it didn't help with my Tuna and Imagination project. Maybe I must dig even deeper.