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  The first edition of the Codex produced on a printing press is not nearly as mysterious. The Codex was first printed, in German, on the presses of the Institute at Frankfurt-am-Main in what was then the Holy Roman Empire. It was brought to that Institute from Heidelberg, where a group of Nephilim had been studying demonology in collaboration with scholars of the university there. It is unknown how many copies were made, but of them, forty-eight survive. Of these, several can be found in Alicante, and at least one can be found at each Great Library. The rest are spread among smaller Institutes, mostly in Central Europe, and a small number of Shadowhunter private collections.

  This edition of the Codex is a minor revision of the twenty-seventh edition, first published in 1990. Only material related to the Ninth Accords has been added. I care.

  Don’t you quote Star Wars at me, Lewis.

  NOTES:

  DO NOT DOODLE IN THIS SPACE

  NOTES AREA

  Please use this blank space provided to practice Marks. Note: Please practice your Marks with a waster and not with a real stele. Paper is too fragile to withstand the force of heavenly fire.

  ARTIST ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  Rebecca Guay provided us with the frontispiece, a study of the primary players from the Mortal Instruments books.

  Charles Vess supplied the endpiece, a similar study of the characters of the Infernal Devices. (That’s the London Institute they’re frolicking upon.)

  Michael Wm. Kaluta produced the chapter headings, and understood what we meant when we said, “Do it like an old-school gaming manual.”

  John Dollar illustrated the history of the Nephilim, choosing what to illustrate from the text himself, rather than being given a specific list of requested subjects.

  Theo Black was commissioned to do two pieces of faerie-themed art and then sent us five. We used all five.

  Elisabeth Alba’s quickly dashed-off practice sketches were good enough to print, but we were glad we waited for the actual finished pieces. She contributed beautiful, mostly pencil-based work across the whole Codex.

  Jim Nelson also contributed beautiful work across the whole Codex, but most important, he added three new demons to the Shadowhunter universe. They are wonderfully disgusting and we are proud to have them.

  Cassandra Jean as Clary Fray. Cassandra Jean drew all over this thing, and filled the back of it with portraits.

  Michael McCartney at Simon & Schuster designed the book, placed the art, and was very, very patient with our many detail-oriented requests.

  And of course, thanks to Valerie Freire for her rune designs and her inspiration.

  CASSANDRA CLARE

  is the author of the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestselling Mortal Instruments series and Infernal Devices trilogy. There are more than twenty million copies of her books in print worldwide, and they have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. Cassandra lives in western Massachusetts. Visit her online at CassandraClare.com. Learn more about the world of the Shadowhunters at Shadowhunters.com.

  JOSHUA LEWIS

  lives in western Massachusetts with his wife, Cassandra Clare; three cats; and several thousand books. When not exhaustively researching arcane bits of the Shadowhunter universe, he can be found playing music, writing his own fiction, and keeping the weight of several thousand books from collapsing the house.

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  City of Fallen Angels City of Lost Souls

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Clare, Cassandra.

  The Shadowhunter’s Codex : being a record of the ways and laws of the Nephilim, the chosen of the Angel Raziel / as compiled by Cassandra Clare & Joshua Lewis.—First edition.

  p. cm.

  Summary: “A fictional guide to the Shadowhunter’s universe”—Provided by publisher.

  ISBN 978-1-4424-1692-5 (hardcover : alk. paper)

  ISBN 978-1-4424-9683-5 (eBook)

  [1. Supernatural—Fiction. 2. Demonology—Fiction. 3. Magic—Fiction.]

  I. Lewis, Joshua. II. Title.

  PZ7.C5265Sh 2013 [Fic]—dc23

  2013008628