Codex Seraphinianus

Codex Seraphinianus
	The original two-volume work
Author	Luigi Serafini
Publisher	Franco Maria Ricci
Publication date	1981
Publication place	Italy
Pages	127 (Vol. I); 127 (Vol. II)
ISBN	88-216-0026-2 ; ISBN 88-216-0027-0; ISBN 88-216-2027-1
Dewey Decimal	039 (Encyclopedias in other languages)

The Codex Seraphinianus,^[1] originally published in 1981, is an illustrated encyclopedia of an imaginary world, created by Italian artist, architect and industrial designer Luigi Serafini between 1976 and 1978.^[2] It is approximately 360 pages (depending on edition) and written in an imaginary language.^[3]

Originally published in Italy, it has been released in several countries.^[3]

^ as it were "the book (or manuscript) of Serafini"; the Latin noun codex referred to a book with pages (as opposed to a scroll), and is often applied in modern usage to a manuscript with pages, especially an antiquarian one. Seraphinianus is a Latinisation of the author's surname, Serafini (which in Italian, refers to the seraphs).
^ Corrias, Pino (February 5, 2006). "L'enciclopedia dell'altro mondo" (PDF). La Repubblica. p. 39.
^ ^a ^b Peter Schwenger (2006). "Museal". The Tears of Things: Melancholy and Physical Objects. University of Minnesota Press. pp. 119–124. ISBN 0-8166-4631-7.

[1] s it were "the book (or manuscript) of Serafini"; the Latin noun codex referred to a book with pages (as opposed to a scroll), and is often applied in modern usage to a manuscript with pages, especially an antiquarian one. Seraphinianus is a Latinisation of the author's surname, Serafini (which in Italian, refers to the seraphs).

[2] Corrias, Pino (February 5, 2006). "L'enciclopedia dell'altro mondo" (PDF). La Repubblica. p. 39.

[ttot-3] Peter Schwenger (2006). "Museal". The Tears of Things: Melancholy and Physical Objects. University of Minnesota Press. pp. 119–124. ISBN 0-8166-4631-7.

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