I wrote a description about that subject, then came to my senses, and
Googled. Here's the first hit:
<http://www.io.com/~iareth/codindx.html>

Reading the text at the link above, I'm reminded that the author is one
amazing Italian named Luigi Serafini,
hence the name. His sense of the improbable and his imagination are
hyper-developed, and I mean that well.
Sr. Serafini is a talented illustrator, which helps.

Qalam people might be interested in seeing it, because Signor Serafini
developed his own writing system for the
book, in the manner of Tolkien, but probably with less reference to
existing languages. It's LtoR and apparently
alphabetic, afaik. I don't know whether he defined a cross-reference to
other known writing systems; I think not.

If you see it, I promise that will not forget it. You might not remember
details for long, but its bizarre
quality is unforgettable. I would not consider it to be macabre; its
emotional content is not negative.

(Here's what I wrote, included just for the heck of it:)

That (C.S.) is the name of a memorably-remarkable book that pretends to be
a clean version of an old codex. It's
out of print. (Update: No longer! Back in print.) I've been told that used
copies are costly. (True)

Printed in color, it contains many fastastic illustrations, at least some
of which juxtapose and combine
exceedingly-unlikely and unrelated elements.

My regards to all,

--
Nicholas Bodley <#o#> Waltham, Mass.
<nbodley@...>
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