1. VITUS MANUSCRIPT

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The Vitus Manuscript (also known as The Bernburg Manuscript, St. Vitus’ Benediction, and St. Vitus’ Curse) is a short codex purported^{[by whom?]} to contain the writings of third-century Christian martyr Vitus, though several aspects of Vitus’ story complicate this claim. Legends surrounding the document ascribe it supernatural powers, though such claims are unsubstantiated.

DESCRIPTION

The manuscript featured eleven pages covered in dense text which was written in a shaky hand^{[Citation needed]} and a language which appears to be a linguistic antecedent to Basque (the only such language known^[1] ). Following these pages is sufficient binding for a hundred more, but records indicate that these pages were torn out. Whether or not they were ever written on is unknown.

Some^[who?] who have come into contact with the manuscript throughout history described its pages as seeming different from normal parchment. Folklore surrounding the document also claims that it is written in human blood^[2] , though no photographic evidence suggests this. While the document was purported to date back to the late 200s, no scientific confirmation of its age was ever completed.

Photographic documentation of eight of the eleven pages exists, but the reproduction of the pages is blocked by edict of the German Copyright Authority.^[1]