The Ultima Codex, now available in its Latin version, moves beyond traditional literary frameworks. Originally written in French, this collection of 72 texts, each composed of 11 lines, gathers fragments where reflection, poetry, and the search for meaning meet. The Latin transcription, shaped with deliberate precision, extends the reach of the Codex by connecting it to major intellectual and philosophical traditions.
A Work Designed to Endure
Each of the 72 texts — known as LX — addresses fundamental aspects of human experience, questioning truths that centuries have never exhausted. With its rigorous form and philosophical depth, The Ultima Codex creates a space for reflection, where language becomes a tool to grasp what resists the passing of time.
The choice of Latin adds a new resonance to the text. As a language of transmission and memory, it places these fragments within a continuous thread of history and thought, allowing the words to speak across generations. More than a translation, this version draws the Codex into a silent dialogue with the founding works of Western culture.
A Singular Writing Process
Emerging from 233 days of total isolation followed by 25 days of uninterrupted writing, The Ultima Codex is the result of a deliberate retreat from the world — an experience that shaped a work of rare coherence. Every text belongs to a whole, where each word and each line contributes to a continuous meditation on the human condition.
The Latin transcription remains faithful to the original, preserving the depth, rhythm, and inner movement of the texts, so that this new version conveys the same intensity as the first.
A Landmark for the Future
Completed on April 7, 2023, in La Hulpe, Belgium, The Ultima Codex stands as a reference point for future generations, in a world increasingly shaped by the virtual. At a time when many certainties are dissolving, it recalls essential truths that have long accompanied humanity, beyond the fluctuations of the present.
Designed for attentive reading, the Codex addresses those who seek to question what endures beyond the moment.
A Space Between Art, Language, and Thought
In continuity with the work carried by LXKeys, The Ultima Codex reflects on the ties between art, cryptography, and memory. Through the structure of its 72 texts and a precise, demanding writing process, it opens a space for thought, where meaning is left to be shaped by each reader.
