Ka cika wannan furcin: Bisa ga labari, Herman the Recluse ne ya rubuta wannan littafin Codex a gidan sufi na Benedictine da ke Podlažice kusa da Chrudim a Jamhuriyar Czech. An lalata gidan sufi a wani lokaci a karni na 15 a lokacin
Juyin Hussite. Tarihin da ke cikin littafin ya ƙare a shekara ta 1222. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan da aka rubuta shi, 'yan Benedictine suka ba da shi ga limaman Cistercian na Sedlec Monastery inda ya kasance har shekara 70. Gidan sufi na Benedictine a Břevnov ya dawo da Littafi Mai-Tsarki a ƙarshen karni na 13. Daga 1477 zuwa 1593, an ajiye shi a laburaren gidan sufi a Broumov har sai da aka kai shi Prague a 1594 don ya zama wani ɓangare na tarin Sarkin sarakuna Rudolf II.