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''Codex Seraphinianus'',〔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).〕 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 is approximately 360 pages long (depending on edition), and written in a cipher alphabet in an imaginary language. Originally published in Italy, the book has since been released in several countries.〔 ==Description== The book is an encyclopedia in manuscript with copious hand-drawn, colored-pencil illustrations of bizarre and fantastical flora, fauna, anatomies, fashions, and foods. It has been compared to the Voynich manuscript,〔 "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius",〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://fictive.arts.uci.edu/codex_seraphinianus )〕 and the works of M.C. Escher〔 and Hieronymus Bosch.〔〔 The illustrations are often surreal〔〔〔 parodies of things in the real world: bleeding fruit; a plant that grows into roughly the shape of a chair and is subsequently made into one; a lovemaking couple that metamorphoses into an alligator; etc. Others depict odd, apparently senseless machines, often with a delicate appearance, kept together by tiny filaments. There are also illustrations readily recognizable as maps or human faces. On the other hand, especially in the "physics" chapter, many images look almost completely abstract.〔 Practically all figures are brightly coloured and rich in detail. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Codex Seraphinianus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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