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The Codex Gigas (the Devil’s Bible) open to the portrait of the devil.
monks

Codex Gigas: Who Drew the Devil in This Massive Medieval Bible?

The Codex Gigas, also known as the Devil’s Bible, is the largest medieval manuscript still in existence—with an even bigger legend behind it.
The Podcast Team July 15, 2025
restaurants

Banh-Mi Tacos and The OG Breakfast Corn Dog: Denver’s Affordable Food Scene is Full of Surprises

Eat adventurously at these nine wallet-friendly restaurants.
restaurants

Globetrotting Through Denver: A Culinary Guide to International Flavors

These restaurants, breweries, and food halls bring traditional dishes and clever fusions to the heart of the Mile-High City.
An Indigenous Mexican healer, known as a <em>curandera</em>, performs a ritual at El Rancho de Las Golondrinas, a living history museum in New Mexico.
witchcraft

Podcast: Witches and Ritual Around the Globe

Explore the mysteries of Mexico's Indigenous healers and Denmark's gruesome witch burnings with Condé Nast Traveler's Women Who Travel Podcast.
The Podcast Team July 3, 2023
The Portland Mercado, Portland’s first public Latino market
Portland, Oregon

Portland Mercado

This indoor-outdoor Portland market is an ode to the lesser-known corners of Latin America’s varied foodscape.
The lower basilica of San Clemente.
Rome, Italy

Sisinnius Fresco in the Basilica San Clemente

A rather vulgar example of the transition from Latin to the Italian vernacular.
Gitanjali Art Gallery, Fontainhas.
Panaji, India

Fontainhas

This colorful colonial neighborhood in Panjim is one of the only Latin Quarters in Asia.
The manuscript is currently held at Yale University.
medieval

The World's Most Mysterious Medieval Manuscript May No Longer Be a Mystery

But we're not reading the Voynich manuscript quite yet.
Natasha Frost September 8, 2017
<em>The School of Athens</em>, 1511.
literature

How Do You Decode a Hapax? (Also, What’s a Hapax?)

It's a word that only appears once in a work, author's oeuvre, or an entire language's written record.
Maya Nandakumar September 7, 2017
A bold, if slightly hard to understand, statement.
graffiti

Latin Graffiti Appears in Cambridge, England

Bad Latin, though.
Eric Grundhauser April 5, 2017