Lost Book of Nostradamus: video premiere
October 25, 2007
The Lost Book of Nostradamus is believed to be the last and final work of Nostradamus.
Twelve years ago, while researching old texts at the Italian National Library in Rome, Italian journalist Enza Massa discovered the manuscript titled Nostradamus Vatinicia Code. On the inside of the book the name of Michel de Notredame appears. Now known as the Lost Book of Nostradamus, the manuscript includes over eighty watercolor illustrations by Nostradamus. Some of the illustrations by Nostradamus are described as cryptic and bizarre images.
The Lost Book of Nostradamus will premiere on the History Channel Sunday, October 28th at 9pm/8central time. The special will seek to answer the question as to why the manuscript was hidden for over four hundred years and if the images in the Lost Book of Nostradamus is a prophecy and warning that the end of the world is near.
Featured on the History Channel Lost Book of Nostradamus page is a video time line; 21 images found in the Lost Book of Nostradamus; Nostradamus prophecies; strange facts and notable milestones. Among some of the facts about Nostradamus are:
- Nostradamus treated plague victims with pills he made from rose petals. He instructed patients to keep the pills under their tongues at all times and also claimed the rose remedy helped fight bad breath and tooth decay.
- In addition to astrology and medicine, Nostradamus knew his way around a kitchen. In 1555, he published a book of recipes for cosmetics, perfumes and fruit preservatives.
- Nostradamus predicted the world will end in 3797.
- According to legend, Nostradamus once encountered a young Franciscan monk herding pigs in Italy. To the surprise of onlookers, Nostradamus respectfully addressed the lowly monk as “Your Holiness.” In 1585, years after Nostradamus died, that monk, Felice Peretti, became Pope Sixtus V.
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