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The legend says that when the abbot opened the door, he found the monk alive and the book complete. Staring at the haunting image of the devil, the abbot realized the miracle was a cursed one. He could not execute a man who belonged to something else, so he commuted the sentence to life imprisonment within the walls of the monastery—a life spent guarding the heavy book that contained his soul. Staring at the haunting image of the devil,