"I'll start taking notes right now. This is my first note, it's a question mark. As you can see, it's a question mark cause I don't know what's happening." ME IN CLASS
I’m surprised there wasn’t that many adds on such a long video. The lack of as many ads really helped me stay with the story line. Overall an amazing video thanks
Did anyone else notice the "invention" that Chris didn't spend much time looking at, in the paperwork hidden in the last puzzle? It's a laser cutter -- the tool that was used to manufacture this puzzle.
It could be the Machine that Davinci, designed to manufacture Gold (AU) from Lead (PB) by compressing sunlight through Lenses, and other parts. As this is depicted in the movie "Hudson Hawk" Eddie The Hawk. performed by the famous U.S. actor B.Willis. If you remember the movie you could easily recognise the top secret mechanism. but it's not easy. :-)
@@alexandrebotev5038 Lenses is an later invention, someone in Netherlands did that several hundreds of years later. That was the first time humans realize there was microscopic creatures in the water and so, and it started with single lenses in the beginning.
@@soonersciencenerd383 because, why not? He had the money, ideas of what he wanted, and he wanted them. That’s valid enough, and he looks fucking awesome
The sentence on the side of the maze read : "Follow the guiders, then point the way" trying to figure out that was an ordeal because I had to forward and rewind the video so many times. But thought you should know
he says the hints were necessary but the main times he needed them were because he wasn't using the suggested object and chose brute force over translating the runes
I spent an hour on this, and came up with "FOLLOW THE ****R**, THEN *O**T THE W*N" just from seeing patterns and sheer guessing. After seeing what you came up with, I think the answer is supposed to be "follow the guiders 'THEY' point the way". The last runes in "They" and "Way" are the same, not different. Nice work!
It was mildly frustrating as he worked out the language was Latinbut continued to try and spell painting in Italian along with trying to spell Mona Lisa; and after solving it he said the hints barely helped..they helped ton he just was stuck on using the wrong language lol This book looks so beautiful and nicely crafted
When did he say the hints barely helped?? Chris specifically said that the clues should be mandatory reading for everyone trying the puzzle & that he wouldn't have gotten far without them.
as a fact da vinci used to write things backwards, but it was not so that others couldnt read them but because he was left- handed and back at his time left-handed people were not taught seperatly how to write so he just whote like the others but from the right because it was more comfertable for him))) Edit: How is this getting so many likes? what the heck
Fun fact: Davinci wrote backwards partly to make it harder for people to understand his notes but also because he was left handed and writing from right to left prevented smudging
When you got to the decoder section and identified the runes on the previous puzzle I immediately remembered that it would be backwards because davinci wrote from right to left to avoid smudging the ink cause he was left handed.
I know this is pretty late for this video, but I thought “renaissance” was the word for the word puzzle. The type of paintings Da Vinci normally did were renaissance paintings and Italy started the renaissance era. Only had an idea of this because of a food history class in college.
Well produced as usual. I'll admit I'm not the closest subscriber but whenever your videos show up in my feed I make sure to give a look as your videos are always top quality. Keep up the good work man!
The Restoration of Dr Who possibly. I’ve also heard it may be due to being left handed, so would avoid smearing the ink and getting it on his hand. Could be a bit of both.
Wow I am DROOLING over this puzzle. I want one so BAD! It's gorgeous and so in depth especially with the story and cryptic language. Tempted to drop the $300 for it. Bill Gates bought Da Vinci's original notebook for like 30 million or something, crazy.
I'd love to own one of these, but as with every puzzle I watch Chris solve, I hate that I become mesmerized and watch the video. I'd rather own a puzzle and solve it myself before watching someone solve it for me, because it then becomes nowhere near as fun.
I'm just going to throw this out there. I know it isn't your type of thing, but I'd like to see you work through it. There's a video game, called The Witness. It is a game that consists entirely of puzzles. They vary greatly, and imo, they are pretty difficult. Rarely do you get any hints. Check it out, and see if you may consider doing a video on it.
19:26 i thought that those clues were pretty straight forward. "what type of art is the master famous for? (meaning that he is still famous for it) what language WAS (meaning Latin. Latin is considered a dead language) his country known for..." the second hint just was referring to the spaces
That one was the most obvious of the clues presented but still required either knowing a dead language or looking up what "painting" is in a dead language. Having to turn to google isn't a great way to solve something.
Look I’m Italian and I’ve studied Latin for 5 years. I have no idea how someone was supposed to get that puzzle without the hint. There should be something to make you think about the solution without using hints
The intro was definitely badass. I must say, the puzzle itself is just an absolute work of art. The story, the puzzles, the craftsmanship, everything about it is stunning. Thanks for showcasing the puzzle Chris! I’ll never be able to get it, but I’m still able to appreciate it through your video, as with a lot of puzzles you do.
I love this puzzle. The way you create a story out of several of these puzzles always amazes me. Half the reason I watch the puzzles anymore is specifically for the dope ass intros you make. You can tell you put a lot of effort into making these, and it's for US! So..Thank you Chris! You're really an inspiration to so many ^.^
Actually he was left handed and as most know writing left handed is very messy so he wrote backwards as to not make a mess of himself or smear his writing. Tho most do believe it was an act of secrecy so no one could steal his discoveries.
@@kasadilaman6122 being left handed doesn't make your writing messy it is controlled by a different hemisphere so it is a different architecture to the writing and can if properly taught (it isn't) be just as neat and of fine point. There is no actual correlation to left handedness and messiness, only in the way writing is taught. (Your pulling shit out your ass) Edit: while the real reason is in contestion it probably was just to be different, he was human you know.
@@Laeshen I didn't say his handwriting was messy according to historians it was actually very neat but writing from left to right as a left handed person can prove to be difficult especially when working with ink this coming from someone who happens to be left handed. Plus historians have also declared that as a result of him being left handed he wrote backwards for those reasons
It's like the price of a video game console or like a standard 40" TV. Not a loaf of bread for sure but it's nothing crazy. Pretty reasonable considering the amount of work put into it and the customization options.
@@Publiksquare true true! I posted the comment before looking up the puzzle as more of a joke lol. But after I looked it up, I saw that it’s actually a very fair price for such a detailed puzzle
The sad part here is that these premium puzzles are often easier to solve than many of the simple puzzles. It's sort of like the press x to not die video games these days, expensive and flashy, but predictable and not much actual gameplay involved. Cheap puzzles that you can contemplate over for days have spoiled me I suppose.
@@guywithknife well he needs the hints to help with his understanding of specific puzzles, which a lot of people *wouldn't * know. So with each puzzle that he uses hints on, he gets smarter
Chris: am I supposed to remember all fo this? I hope not but I fear the answer's yes Me, screaming at the screen: IT LITERALLY SAYS TO HAVE A PAPER FOR NOTES FFS
34:38 I heard the click of him turning the book, and, thought it was resetting itself. I was about to die laughing at the fact that he accidentally reset his own work. And, then, he went back to his progressed spot, and, I breathed relief.
"I really don't want to break this." Always followed by a slamming of the puzzle or a prying of a part that looks like it's about to break.....love these videos. Keep em coming!
Bro, I've been watching you for years and your intros for puzzle vids is light years beyond most ppls entire catalog of content! Keep up the beautiful work.
I'm one minute in and I'm liking the video for 2 reasons already. 1. The amount of time and effort for setting up the props, the outfits, the filming and editing that went into this is unreal. 2. It's Chris Ramsay.
A huge wooden book made of several puzzles stacked and hinged together as "pages" with runic script...AND a self-contained narrative printed inside? Never thought anything this crazy could be done on a physical puzzle. This is like creating a real-life Devil Crash pinball table with moving monster figures, bonus side tables and everything!
As soon as it asked what language was his home known for, I said Latin, I forgot that they actually speak Italien because learning Latin makes all thoughts disappear.
Always makes me smile, as a Brit, that when North Americans do history they always put on an English accent, regardless of the cultural context. Bruegel, when depicting biblical scenes, always put everyone in contemporary dress. Time to just go for it. Do a Tony Curtis. 'Yondah lies da castle of my foddah'!
Just seen the commercial on RUclips for big trick energy while watching you solve a puzzle. It’s epic! Honestly the best of both worlds of magic and comedy. I can’t wait to watch on Tru Tv! Congrats to all you guys I hope they sign you for more seasons, you all definitely deserve it you’ve all worked your asses off.
I am disappointed that you have stopped providing closed captions on your videos, I have always loved watching your videos. But I have not been able to since I am Hard of hearing and I'm unable to understand anything you say, Please bring back closed captions for your deaf viewers. We would really appreciate it.
@@jamiecoburn6857 yeah, I'll just listen to the video and write out the subtitles myself, then apply them to the video. OH WAIT. I can't hear. That makes things rather difficult.
@@ThatOneKaya What he meant by that is you can turn on automated subtitles, on phone and pc, if you can't find Google how, I don't know how to explain but it works
I really enjoy your pre-solution presentations that set the mood/storyline for each particular puzzle. I see you put a lot of work into them for our entertainment. Thank you.
OMG that accent you do in the intro is such fun. I’m From UK so when I hear someone doing an English accent it always sounds very amusing, but also very ACE! ✨👍🏻
I agree with your conclusions. It's incredibly well engineered, physically, but the logic behind the puzzles, save perhaps the first, were just incredibly obscure.
As an italian studying arts, this is extremely painful and amazing to watch. I love your channel hahahah. (Btw you used spanish articles) Edit: everything is written backwards because that is how Da Vinci wrote.
That has got to be one of the coolest puzzles I've ever seen, plus it came with a great story and cosplay. Well done Chris, thanks for showing this work of art off.
Not exactly. "Silent Book" is _Codex Silens_ or _Codex Silentus_ . The real puzzle here is what they meant with that name. Hypothesis 1. They messed with the grammar. In Latin, when you see a word that ends with -a usually is either a feminine singular or a neuter plural. When it ends with -ndus/nda/ndum it can be a gerundive (a future passive participle), a participle or a passive form. Henceforth _silenda_ is actually a verb that can be translated with "which is to be silent" or "which must be kept silent/not to be spoken about" or "which is to be silenced". Since adjectives in Latin basically come from participles, one can surmise that in medieval Latin existed an adjective _silendus_ even if it does not occur in ancient Latin. The main issue here is that _codex_ is a masculine singular, nominative case, so it must end with -us or, in its passive form, with -um (accusative) or _de_ + -o (ablative). Therefore, "The Book that have to be Silent" etc. should be translated as _Codex Silendus_ . Hypothesis 2. They were referring to something else. _Silenda_ is not declined along with _codex_ , but with an implicit nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine singular. We can infer what this implicit term could be. If a neuter plural, then can be translated as "the things that have to be kept silent", while a nominative feminine singular doesn't make much sense here, unless it was intended in genitive case ( _silendae_ , "of the silent/not to speak about (woman)"), referring to Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. So we have 4 possible meanings intended: _The Silent Book_ (hypothetical or fictional medieval Latin with wrong grammar) _The Book that is to be kept silent/not to be spoken about/silenced_ (wrong grammar) _The Book of the woman one should not speak about_ (wrong grammar) _The Book of things that have to be kept unspoken_ (right grammar). < my fav guess so far.
@@mykieproductions I studied Latin in Italy for 5 years a long time ago and I'm an amateur of ancient Indoeuropeans like Sanskrit, but I'm definitely not a teacher by profession.
My God, give this man an Oscar!!!! Actually, give him four: best picture, best actor, best director and best screenplay! I absolutely love your intros and I'm amazed by how much effort you put into them. 🖤
Chris is legit kill me! Love the production value in this. Everytime you cut to you writing with the quill, your facial expressions are hilarious! Keep up the great work
16:23 I really appreciate your camera right now. How quickly it jumps from depth of field for micrometer accuracy! And the lighting the storytelling and the puzzle book 📚, just flexing for ya
Hey Chris, I was wondering what puzzles you recommend to people who are interested in puzzles but do not have a whole lot of money to afford the 100$+ ones. I have done Hanayama's maze and padlock, as well as a couple of cheaper trick locks on Amazon. I have enjoyed all of them, but was hoping for something a bit harder. If you have any suggestions, let me know. Thank you for being awesome and spreading joy in the puzzle community. It is always fun watching you complete these really tricky puzzles.
@@Flippokid pretty sure it was.... pretty sure he just couldnt be bothered resetting the key to the latin word to copy it all down since it all moved when he changed the page.
@@Laeshen hey its you again, form the "davinci didnt write reversed because it was messy just because the other reason that i dont remember" (yes you didnt say that you didnt remember it, it was me, i dont remember it)
22:41 maybe you need to decode the writing on the side with the letters and symbols. The sliders might not need to show both the letter and rune but show you what the rune translates to in the same spot on the chart. Edit: Oh my god! I just noticed is that a marauders map on the desk?! Much respect to you sir. I’ve got one too.
I put soy sauce in the ink well. Thought you should know.
Delish
Question is: where is the ink now?
I knew it lol I didn’t know it
It’s what the Chinese used to write with back when.
I bet that paper tastes great.
Can we all just stop and appreciate the amount of effort Chris puts into these epic intros? You‘re amazing bro
I feel the same so much work goes into these intros yet I feel so few truly appreciate them
Yes
not only the intro, but this whole video is a work of art! truly astonishing.
Top quality at everything else than PUZZLE SOLVING!
they keep improving everytime, actual quality youtube videos
This to me looks more like a portable escape room rather than a puzzle box. So weel crafted and with such an interesting background story...
Hint: What TYPE of art?
Chris: Mona Lisa!!!
peep his juul at about 22 mins in
I knoow 😂 i was also screaming LATIN at him. but he figured it out in the end, so it's all good
"oooh, TYPE of art... Painting! =D"..... *facepalms*
yeah there were a couple painful moments in this one... it's like come on dude especially with the hints it's not hard haha
@@addangel Same lol
Chris Ramsay has got the MOST patient vibe of all time. If this was me, I would have grabbed an axe by now.
Same
If I were him I would have burned it to ash
I'd 1000% scream first
Im sure you wouldn't if you actually had to pay for that puzzle though, probably expensive
right? i would’ve thrown it across my room lol
Craftmanship: 10/10
Story: 10/10
Chris finding his way in the maze, mid-sentence "ooooH!": 11/10
Give me the Timestamp! That's an order!
"Even though the hint didnt really help me"
**repeats the hint to himself like a mad man while trying to figure out the puzzle**
"I'll start taking notes right now. This is my first note, it's a question mark. As you can see, it's a question mark cause I don't know what's happening." ME IN CLASS
Sooooo, after 10 months this still has no replies?
@@littledjs7212 now 11
Now 12
ok
5:00 Yw people
I’m surprised there wasn’t that many adds on such a long video. The lack of as many ads really helped me stay with the story line. Overall an amazing video thanks
It also shows he’s not doing RUclips only for money
I didn’t have any adds
Edit: I didn’t because I had yt red at the moment lol
I know I was shocked when there was no adds
puzzle makers: They will need to figure out the meaning of the letters
Chris: Let's just move em and try to pop it open.
Why am I SO into this !!? History, philosophy, puzzles, period costumes, and Chris? All of my favorite things wow.
Period costumes?
Did anyone else notice the "invention" that Chris didn't spend much time looking at, in the paperwork hidden in the last puzzle? It's a laser cutter -- the tool that was used to manufacture this puzzle.
It could be the Machine that Davinci, designed to manufacture Gold (AU) from Lead (PB) by compressing sunlight through Lenses, and other parts. As this is depicted in the movie "Hudson Hawk" Eddie The Hawk. performed by the famous U.S. actor B.Willis. If you remember the movie you could easily recognise the top secret mechanism. but it's not easy. :-)
@@alexandrebotev5038 nope, it's a lazer burner. You can stop and see its engraving a rune on a peice of wood
@@alexandrebotev5038
Lenses is an later invention, someone in Netherlands did that several hundreds of years later.
That was the first time humans realize there was microscopic creatures in the water and so, and it started with single lenses in the beginning.
Yeah! It is. :)
I noticed that too!
Didn't know Davinci's apprentice was a heavily tattooed RUclipsr
Hahahaha
not to make fun of them, but, why all of the tattoos?
Haha
Heavily tatoooed *Magician*
@@soonersciencenerd383 because, why not? He had the money, ideas of what he wanted, and he wanted them. That’s valid enough, and he looks fucking awesome
“I’m not gonna use the timer, I’m just gonna enjoy myself” Sir Chris, are you sure it’s not because you broke your timer when you chucked it?
Shelby Baby when did that happen?
When was that?
He once used his phone as a timer
Oof idk when that was 😅
nah it’s cuz they didn’t have timers in da Vinci’s time
Chris: "DaVinci? The Mona Lisa, right?"
some guy: yyyesss..?
Chris: "Alright Thank you."
22:33 he says "what would you guys do?"
Me:"Well I would've quit by now"
The sentence on the side of the maze read :
"Follow the guiders, then point the way"
trying to figure out that was an ordeal because I had to forward and rewind the video so many times.
But thought you should know
he says the hints were necessary but the main times he needed them were because he wasn't using the suggested object and chose brute force over translating the runes
Found the same translation. Took so loong, he kept putting his fingers in the way!!
wow
I spent an hour on this, and came up with "FOLLOW THE ****R**, THEN *O**T THE W*N" just from seeing patterns and sheer guessing. After seeing what you came up with, I think the answer is supposed to be "follow the guiders 'THEY' point the way". The last runes in "They" and "Way" are the same, not different. Nice work!
@@jordanholley8146 yeah you were right, just looked back at the video, nice catch
It was mildly frustrating as he worked out the language was Latinbut continued to try and spell painting in Italian along with trying to spell Mona Lisa; and after solving it he said the hints barely helped..they helped ton he just was stuck on using the wrong language lol
This book looks so beautiful and nicely crafted
Actually, at the time Da Vinci was alive nobody spoke latin in italy... so, the hint was not so correct
When did he say the hints barely helped?? Chris specifically said that the clues should be mandatory reading for everyone trying the puzzle & that he wouldn't have gotten far without them.
@@medea27 he says it at 27:15.
According to the web site there is also a 7 page variant of this puzzle. I look forward to Chris deciphering the extra two pages. Excellent video
as a fact da vinci used to write things backwards, but it was not so that others couldnt read them but because he was left- handed and back at his time left-handed people were not taught seperatly how to write so he just whote like the others but from the right because it was more comfertable for him)))
Edit: How is this getting so many likes? what the heck
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*oK*
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He also did it so not to smudge the ink
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Fun fact: Davinci wrote backwards partly to make it harder for people to understand his notes but also because he was left handed and writing from right to left prevented smudging
Wise people are left handed
He also used codes messing up the words
I straight up want Chris to make a movie or short film, his camera work and choice in music is so well done.
When you got to the decoder section and identified the runes on the previous puzzle I immediately remembered that it would be backwards because davinci wrote from right to left to avoid smudging the ink cause he was left handed.
I know this is pretty late for this video, but I thought “renaissance” was the word for the word puzzle. The type of paintings Da Vinci normally did were renaissance paintings and Italy started the renaissance era.
Only had an idea of this because of a food history class in college.
That’s what I thought too actually.
Well produced as usual. I'll admit I'm not the closest subscriber but whenever your videos show up in my feed I make sure to give a look as your videos are always top quality. Keep up the good work man!
I would watch a whole netflix series about Da Vinci's apprentice.
@@arcaneconceptsinc.6530 Gotta look for it!
@@theanubisfan10 CODEX SILENDA: The Apprentice and the Secret Labyrinth
4.7 out of 5 stars (7)
Me to I’m 7
@@TheJhartge that's nice Jenny, but you probably shouldn't have a RUclips account at 7. Stay safe here, alright?
sameee
Level of insanity: What do this 4 movable things do? They move.
LMAO 🤣 🤣 🤣
The Beginning - “Obviously I’m not gonna use the hints.” Two minutes later: “Ok, let’s use a hint.” 😂
To be fair, he was about to break the puzzle in half
He basically used it to double check the rules so I'm gonna give him a pass there
Well, it was two minutes for us, i guess he spend some more time with it ;)
Who needs hints when you have a _flammenwerfer?_
yeah he used the internet as always to get those sudden AH HA solves.
I would say I'm impressed by the intro, but all your Intros are well made and impressive.
If Chris ever buys your puzzle box you know that you’ve made it in the puzzle box world.
DaVinci wrote his notes backwards. So the reverse writing makes sense.
Did he do that so people couldn’t read it??
The Restoration of Dr Who possibly. I’ve also heard it may be due to being left handed, so would avoid smearing the ink and getting it on his hand. Could be a bit of both.
@@vctrsigma Just to be a rad dude
J A very cool
@@grimbite5625 TOTALLY TUBULAR
Davinci was basically saying at the end “you can’t finesse a finessa”.
Chris: *trying to figure out the bridge puzzle*
me: There's a comma tHERE'S A COMMA TH-
Chris: 'solving the hardest puzzle to date'
Excalibur puzzle: 'I see you erased my traumatizing existence from your memory'
😂😂😂
My first thought was hardest including excalibur?
What about that phone box thing?
U copied this comment form someone else...
@@ttbro29 yeah I care soo much about posting that I'd spend an hour searching an other person's comment buddy ;p
Wow I am DROOLING over this puzzle. I want one so BAD! It's gorgeous and so in depth especially with the story and cryptic language. Tempted to drop the $300 for it.
Bill Gates bought Da Vinci's original notebook for like 30 million or something, crazy.
Echo Lotus same!
Hazel Macaraig do you have a fetish for hard puzzles or what?
@@NoBounceForYeiden What kind of question is that? Lol.
I'd love to own one of these, but as with every puzzle I watch Chris solve, I hate that I become mesmerized and watch the video. I'd rather own a puzzle and solve it myself before watching someone solve it for me, because it then becomes nowhere near as fun.
That notebook was worth it
Your channel is literally the combination of the 2 things I love; art/videography and puzzles/mystery
I'm just going to throw this out there. I know it isn't your type of thing, but I'd like to see you work through it.
There's a video game, called The Witness. It is a game that consists entirely of puzzles. They vary greatly, and imo, they are pretty difficult. Rarely do you get any hints. Check it out, and see if you may consider doing a video on it.
Soulrot keep posting this on different videos till he see this
Yes
If we're talking about Puzzle games, he should definitely play Braid or Limbo!
Let´s add Pneuma to the list of puzzle games also. Loved it. Witness too!
Fez too!
I wish you had a little 'frustration meter' in one of the corners to show how frustrated you are getting when doing these puzzles.
Johnny Whitsel I’m gonna use this but credit you as the person who originally thought of it is that okay?
@@makenzie5745 Fine with me, man. Have at it.
Johnny Whitsel thanks :)
Psycho Oreo use it for what though?
Hazel Macaraig I’m commented it
19:26
i thought that those clues were pretty straight forward. "what type of art is the master famous for? (meaning that he is still famous for it) what language WAS (meaning Latin. Latin is considered a dead language) his country known for..."
the second hint just was referring to the spaces
That one was the most obvious of the clues presented but still required either knowing a dead language or looking up what "painting" is in a dead language. Having to turn to google isn't a great way to solve something.
@@ForeverLaxx That's true.
Look I’m Italian and I’ve studied Latin for 5 years. I have no idea how someone was supposed to get that puzzle without the hint. There should be something to make you think about the solution without using hints
The intro was definitely badass. I must say, the puzzle itself is just an absolute work of art. The story, the puzzles, the craftsmanship, everything about it is stunning. Thanks for showcasing the puzzle Chris! I’ll never be able to get it, but I’m still able to appreciate it through your video, as with a lot of puzzles you do.
*friends solving Rubix cubes*
me: says pathetic...*brings out codex silenda*
I love this puzzle. The way you create a story out of several of these puzzles always amazes me. Half the reason I watch the puzzles anymore is specifically for the dope ass intros you make. You can tell you put a lot of effort into making these, and it's for US! So..Thank you Chris! You're really an inspiration to so many ^.^
Best intro's on the planet. This is legit next level youtube. Great stuff
Leonardo was also known to write in his notebook in reverse to hide his secrets better, aka mirror writing.
An old Leo the best leet speaker of his age
I got to know through da Vinci code
Actually he was left handed and as most know writing left handed is very messy so he wrote backwards as to not make a mess of himself or smear his writing. Tho most do believe it was an act of secrecy so no one could steal his discoveries.
@@kasadilaman6122 being left handed doesn't make your writing messy it is controlled by a different hemisphere so it is a different architecture to the writing and can if properly taught (it isn't) be just as neat and of fine point. There is no actual correlation to left handedness and messiness, only in the way writing is taught.
(Your pulling shit out your ass)
Edit: while the real reason is in contestion it probably was just to be different, he was human you know.
@@Laeshen I didn't say his handwriting was messy according to historians it was actually very neat but writing from left to right as a left handed person can prove to be difficult especially when working with ink this coming from someone who happens to be left handed. Plus historians have also declared that as a result of him being left handed he wrote backwards for those reasons
Me: “I’d love to get these puzzles and do them myself”
Puzzles: *cost a fortune*
Me: “Oh ok”
Yeah
It's like the price of a video game console or like a standard 40" TV. Not a loaf of bread for sure but it's nothing crazy. Pretty reasonable considering the amount of work put into it and the customization options.
@@Publiksquare true true! I posted the comment before looking up the puzzle as more of a joke lol. But after I looked it up, I saw that it’s actually a very fair price for such a detailed puzzle
@@Publiksquare some do cost a few hundred dollars or more, not everyone has money for that.
The sad part here is that these premium puzzles are often easier to solve than many of the simple puzzles. It's sort of like the press x to not die video games these days, expensive and flashy, but predictable and not much actual gameplay involved. Cheap puzzles that you can contemplate over for days have spoiled me I suppose.
"We're going to use the back of this as our paper" ... literally has paper right under the puzzle
I was annoyed by that, I feel like it ruins the beautiful paper that came with it :/
The fact that he used that nice piece of art AND FOLDED IT IN HALF TWICE was just disgusting. He had paper right next to him!
@@charonwest266 "beautiful paper"? It's just paper.
@@CCBeanzzz You, sir, are a barbarian.
@@Varichan I, ma'am, barbarian.
PLOT TWIST: chris is actually a puzzle that gets harder with every puzzle he solves
nah, then he wouldn’t need the hints
The implication that someone then has to ‘solve’ him is terrifying
@@guywithknife well he needs the hints to help with his understanding of specific puzzles, which a lot of people *wouldn't * know. So with each puzzle that he uses hints on, he gets smarter
sounds like a cop-out excuse to me 😏
Chris gets harder.
Chris: am I supposed to remember all fo this? I hope not but I fear the answer's yes
Me, screaming at the screen: IT LITERALLY SAYS TO HAVE A PAPER FOR NOTES FFS
Chill, it’s a puzzle
This man brought The Room to life
Him: what is Italy known for???
Me: PiZzA
I would say its cause it used to be part of Rome, the ancient civilization. So there's that.
suPEr MaRiO
Me, an italian, cringing at his pronunciation of italian words....
Lock... Downs?
Jovanny Vazquez itz pasta
I love watching these puzzle videos just for the mystery and story he puts behind them, it makes them fascinating and intriguing.
DaVinci: Is Italian
Chris: Time to bust out my best Queen's English!
DaVinci:
Il ragazzo è un pazzo, il paradiso ci aiuti.
AamirMike 14 why just why
@@owen.voisey don't tell me you ACTUALLY clicked on that? :p
The Kush Connoisseur sadly I did
@@owen.voisey what was it, a Rick Roll?
The Kush Connoisseur a video of him doing stuff in reverse
If Chris doesn't make a magic movie, then he does humanity a disservice.
34:38 I heard the click of him turning the book, and, thought it was resetting itself. I was about to die laughing at the fact that he accidentally reset his own work. And, then, he went back to his progressed spot, and, I breathed relief.
"I really don't want to break this." Always followed by a slamming of the puzzle or a prying of a part that looks like it's about to break.....love these videos. Keep em coming!
Francesco is a mad lad he deserves some respect for doing all this
Bro, I've been watching you for years and your intros for puzzle vids is light years beyond most ppls entire catalog of content! Keep up the beautiful work.
I'm one minute in and I'm liking the video for 2 reasons already.
1. The amount of time and effort for setting up the props, the outfits, the filming and editing that went into this is unreal.
2. It's Chris Ramsay.
You've outdone yourself again Chris. I mean... Your intros are amazing. You're content - Flawless. That's why we keep tuning in. Keep it up.
A huge wooden book made of several puzzles stacked and hinged together as "pages" with runic script...AND a self-contained narrative printed inside? Never thought anything this crazy could be done on a physical puzzle. This is like creating a real-life Devil Crash pinball table with moving monster figures, bonus side tables and everything!
As soon as it asked what language was his home known for, I said Latin, I forgot that they actually speak Italien because learning Latin makes all thoughts disappear.
Ma'Liah Maddox yes everything just sounds like an off shoot of Latin!
Always makes me smile, as a Brit, that when North Americans do history they always put on an English accent, regardless of the cultural context. Bruegel, when depicting biblical scenes, always put everyone in contemporary dress. Time to just go for it. Do a Tony Curtis. 'Yondah lies da castle of my foddah'!
Mr B he is actually a German raised in Canada. Based on him living in Quebec I assume he was also raised there…
I would assume the reasoning behind this is that North America was founded by Britain
I mean the english did try to rule everyone at some point
Just seen the commercial on RUclips for big trick energy while watching you solve a puzzle. It’s epic! Honestly the best of both worlds of magic and comedy. I can’t wait to watch on Tru Tv!
Congrats to all you guys I hope they sign you for more seasons, you all definitely deserve it you’ve all worked your asses off.
Chris: "solving the hardest puzzle to date"
Excalibur puzzle: "am I a joke to you?"
He doesnt like to remember the first puzzle he broke and that broke him
Stop with those terrible “jokes” where u say “am i a joke to you” they are so overused to the point they aren’t even jokes anymore...
@@ttbro29 ok boomer
@@ttbro29 ok boomer
Yikes that’s very childish to say... I didn’t realize there were 5yr olds on here
I am disappointed that you have stopped providing closed captions on your videos, I have always loved watching your videos. But I have not been able to since I am Hard of hearing and I'm unable to understand anything you say, Please bring back closed captions for your deaf viewers. We would really appreciate it.
Honestly you're not missing much. Without audio it's clearer when he keeps banging things in a hope of stumbling onto a solution.
You can put subtitles on yourself.
@@jamiecoburn6857 yeah, I'll just listen to the video and write out the subtitles myself, then apply them to the video. OH WAIT. I can't hear. That makes things rather difficult.
@@ThatOneKaya What he meant by that is you can turn on automated subtitles, on phone and pc, if you can't find Google how, I don't know how to explain but it works
@@jamiecoburn6857 she just said she's 'hard of hearing'. How is she even going to do that herself
I really enjoy your pre-solution presentations that set the mood/storyline for each particular puzzle. I see you put a lot of work into them for our entertainment. Thank you.
OMG that accent you do in the intro is such fun. I’m From UK so when I hear someone doing an English accent it always sounds very amusing, but also very ACE! ✨👍🏻
Another UK fan. Gotta say my bristolian accent is far from the English accent Americans use haha
But in the end, the real treasure was the friends he had made along the way.
Imagine closing the entire puzzle only to find out you've accidently forgotten to put the last pages of paper in 😭😭
I agree with your conclusions. It's incredibly well engineered, physically, but the logic behind the puzzles, save perhaps the first, were just incredibly obscure.
As an italian studying arts, this is extremely painful and amazing to watch. I love your channel hahahah. (Btw you used spanish articles)
Edit: everything is written backwards because that is how Da Vinci wrote.
"The line in the top with a dude doing a back-flip". I think DaVinci thought exactly on a dude doing a backflip to create this symbol. 😂
"What would you do here?"
Spin move for sure.
That has got to be one of the coolest puzzles I've ever seen, plus it came with a great story and cosplay. Well done Chris, thanks for showing this work of art off.
I recently discovered this channel and started binge watching your videos. I love the unique intros you make and your commentary.
I feel like he could be in a movie with that acting good job.
I believe "Codex Silenda" translates to _Silent Book_ . Cool name. Way cool puzzles.
Not exactly. "Silent Book" is _Codex Silens_ or _Codex Silentus_ .
The real puzzle here is what they meant with that name.
Hypothesis 1. They messed with the grammar.
In Latin, when you see a word that ends with -a usually is either a feminine singular or a neuter plural. When it ends with -ndus/nda/ndum it can be a gerundive (a future passive participle), a participle or a passive form. Henceforth _silenda_ is actually a verb that can be translated with "which is to be silent" or "which must be kept silent/not to be spoken about" or "which is to be silenced".
Since adjectives in Latin basically come from participles, one can surmise that in medieval Latin existed an adjective _silendus_ even if it does not occur in ancient Latin.
The main issue here is that _codex_ is a masculine singular, nominative case, so it must end with -us or, in its passive form, with -um (accusative) or _de_ + -o (ablative).
Therefore, "The Book that have to be Silent" etc. should be translated as _Codex Silendus_ .
Hypothesis 2. They were referring to something else.
_Silenda_ is not declined along with _codex_ , but with an implicit nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine singular. We can infer what this implicit term could be. If a neuter plural, then can be translated as "the things that have to be kept silent", while a nominative feminine singular doesn't make much sense here, unless it was intended in genitive case ( _silendae_ , "of the silent/not to speak about (woman)"), referring to Da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
So we have 4 possible meanings intended:
_The Silent Book_ (hypothetical or fictional medieval Latin with wrong grammar)
_The Book that is to be kept silent/not to be spoken about/silenced_ (wrong grammar)
_The Book of the woman one should not speak about_ (wrong grammar)
_The Book of things that have to be kept unspoken_ (right grammar). < my fav guess so far.
@@rasendra4392 are you a teacher
@@mykieproductions I studied Latin in Italy for 5 years a long time ago and I'm an amateur of ancient Indoeuropeans like Sanskrit, but I'm definitely not a teacher by profession.
@@rasendra4392 I was joking but you seem like you can be a history teacher sorry I you took offense of if I was rude in any manner
Rasendra or its because italians have a vowel after every word
Solve the runes in the circular page: "Don't forget to drink your ovaltine."
“A crummy commercial?? Son of a b*tch!”
My God, give this man an Oscar!!!! Actually, give him four: best picture, best actor, best director and best screenplay! I absolutely love your intros and I'm amazed by how much effort you put into them. 🖤
Chris is legit kill me! Love the production value in this. Everytime you cut to you writing with the quill, your facial expressions are hilarious! Keep up the great work
Your puzzles are fun to watch Chris
That intro was something else. Well done Chris! :)
Frankly I think it is a beautiful puzzle, but hardest? I think you keep forgetting (repressing) all these horrible burr puzzles you gave up on ;)
We don't talk about that one.
@@ChrisRamsay52 Can't forget about Excalibur either...
@@ChrisRamsay52 literally lol'd
Yes he just means this is his favorite because its so well made and designed
16:23 I really appreciate your camera right now. How quickly it jumps from depth of field for micrometer accuracy! And the lighting the storytelling and the puzzle book 📚, just flexing for ya
Now that was a puzzle. Worth the forty minutes watching. And one hell of an intro and midtro.. The whole video itself well done.
Hey Chris,
I was wondering what puzzles you recommend to people who are interested in puzzles but do not have a whole lot of money to afford the 100$+ ones. I have done Hanayama's maze and padlock, as well as a couple of cheaper trick locks on Amazon. I have enjoyed all of them, but was hoping for something a bit harder. If you have any suggestions, let me know.
Thank you for being awesome and spreading joy in the puzzle community. It is always fun watching you complete these really tricky puzzles.
This is my favorite video of yours. Great vids man! Very fun puzzle!
Challenge: At what time stamp will Chris say he thinks something is broken?
My guess 15:23
3rd page, "what would you do in this situation?" I'd translate all the runes first. What is that sentence, what are these markers around the maze?
It's a made up rune system by the puzzle maker.
@@kylepirko9251 Yeah at that point I thought the translation was in there.
@@Flippokid pretty sure it was.... pretty sure he just couldnt be bothered resetting the key to the latin word to copy it all down since it all moved when he changed the page.
Such a cool puzzle! I love how you are working to solve it while reading and being a part of the story!
This was so amazing, i'm so glad that you've made it in one video, it helps with the immersion in the adventure. Long video but enjoying watching it.
When you're a writer, carpenter, and an engineer
Painter, philosopher, and leading humanist, although there are others yours are the most prominent
Also a necromancer and a lich that ascended to archlichdom, becoming truly immortal God and leaving this plane of existence.
@@Laeshen hey its you again, form the "davinci didnt write reversed because it was messy just because the other reason that i dont remember" (yes you didnt say that you didnt remember it, it was me, i dont remember it)
Man this is just QUALITY right there. All that effort not just solving those puzzles, the whole video process aswell. Genius
There is a 7 page version you should try that one
What a satisfying intro! Great stuff Mr. Chris daVinci 👍
22:41 maybe you need to decode the writing on the side with the letters and symbols. The sliders might not need to show both the letter and rune but show you what the rune translates to in the same spot on the chart.
Edit: Oh my god! I just noticed is that a marauders map on the desk?! Much respect to you sir. I’ve got one too.
Indeed they translate like that
Da vinci was left handed so he wrote backwards to prevent his hand from smudging on his writing that's why its backwards
I’m left handed and i probably should do that too...
I’m left handed and i probably should do that too...
I’m left handed and i probably should do that too...
I’m left handed and i probably should do that too...
16:40 “the line on the top with the dude doing a back flip” lmao 😂😂
I think this is my favorite so far! Thank-you, Chris.
What can we do with these four sliding pieces on the front? Hmmmm
*LETS SPIN IT*