The “Codex Seraphinianus” by Luigi Serafini has fascinated me for 3+ decades now:

“An Introduction To The Codex Seraphinianus, The Strangest Book Ever Published”, Open Culture (https://www.openculture.com/2026/02/an-introduction-to-the-codex-seraphinianus.html).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47124454

#Books #CodexSeraphinianus

An Introduction to the Codex Seraphinianus, the Strangest Book Ever Published

Imagine you could talk to Hieronymus Bosch, the authors of the Book of Revelation, or of the Voynich Manuscript—a bizarre 15th century text written in an uncrackable code; that you could solve centuries-old mysteries by asking them, “what were you thinking?” You might be disappointed to hear them say, as does Luigi Serafini, author and illustrator of the Codex Seraphinianus, “At the end of the day [it’s] similar to the Rorschach inkblot test.

Open Culture
📚✨ Behold, the Codex Seraphinianus: a fever dream in book form, so "strange" it’s basically a hipster's coffee table ornament. After all, who doesn't love flipping through pages of incomprehensible gibberish while pretending to understand the "deep" artistic significance? 🙄📖
https://www.openculture.com/2026/02/an-introduction-to-the-codex-seraphinianus.html #CodexSeraphinianus #HipsterArt #CoffeeTableBooks #SurrealLiterature #BookLovers #IncomprehensibleGibberish #HackerNews #ngated
An Introduction to the Codex Seraphinianus, the Strangest Book Ever Published

Imagine you could talk to Hieronymus Bosch, the authors of the Book of Revelation, or of the Voynich Manuscript—a bizarre 15th century text written in an uncrackable code; that you could solve centuries-old mysteries by asking them, “what were you thinking?” You might be disappointed to hear them say, as does Luigi Serafini, author and illustrator of the Codex Seraphinianus, “At the end of the day [it’s] similar to the Rorschach inkblot test.

Open Culture
An Introduction to the Codex Seraphinianus, the Strangest Book Ever Published

Imagine you could talk to Hieronymus Bosch, the authors of the Book of Revelation, or of the Voynich Manuscript—a bizarre 15th century text written in an uncrackable code; that you could solve centuries-old mysteries by asking them, “what were you thinking?” You might be disappointed to hear them say, as does Luigi Serafini, author and illustrator of the Codex Seraphinianus, “At the end of the day [it’s] similar to the Rorschach inkblot test.

Open Culture
🌻ℂ𝕠𝕕𝕖𝕩 𝕊𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕡𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕦𝕤 - 𝕃𝕦𝕚𝕘𝕚 𝕊𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕚 🌻
#CodexSeraphinianus #LuigiSerafini

Dalla mostra dedicata a Luigi Serafini presso il labirinto della Masone, una riproduzione tridimensionale ispirata alla tavola del Codex.

#CodexSeraphinianus #Surreal #SurrealArt

Dalla mostra dedicata a Luigi Serafini presso il labirinto della Masone, una riproduzione tridimensionale ispirata alla tavola del Codex.

#CodexSeraphinianus #Surreal #SurrealArt

Nel complesso del labirinto c'è il museo che ospita la collezione d'arte di Franco Maria Ricci. In questo periodo è presente anche una mostra con opere di Luigi Serafini. Quello del #CodexSeraphinianus per intenderci. 🙂

https://www.labirintodifrancomariaricci.it/mostre-in-corso/

Mostre in corso - Labirinto della Masone di Franco Maria Ricci

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Labirinto della Masone di Franco Maria Ricci