FRANCE-BOOKS/(01 of10)
Open Image ModalA 16th-century edition of predictions by Nostradamus, the first book to be digitised by Google from a collection of 500,000 at the Municipal Library of Lyon, is displayed by a librarian in this January 15, 2010 file picture. Amid the flat, wide fields of central France, a team of re-trained secretaries and IT experts is packaging Europe\'s literary heritage for the digital era. To match feature FRANCE-BOOKS/ REUTERS/Robert Pratta/Files (FRANCE - Tags: SCI TECH SOCIETY) (credit:Robert Pratta / Reuters)
FRANCE-BOOKS/(02 of10)
Open Image ModalA 16th-century edition of predictions by Nostradamus, the first book to be digitised by Google from a collection of 500,000 at the Municipal Library of Lyon, is displayed by a librarian in this January 15, 2010 file picture. Amid the flat, wide fields of central France, a team of re-trained secretaries and IT experts is packaging Europe\'s literary heritage for the digital era. To match feature FRANCE-BOOKS/ REUTERS/Robert Pratta/Files (FRANCE - Tags: SOCIETY SCI TECH) (credit:Robert Pratta / Reuters)
Nostradamus(03 of10)
Open Image ModalOld magazine reproduction of the portrait of Nostradamus - high resolution scan of 104 years old publication (\'Niva\' illustrated magazine, Russia, 1904). (credit:imagentix via Getty Images)
Michel De Nostred. Portrait of Michel de Nostredame 1503-1566, usually latinised to Nostradamus, French physician, apothecary and reputed seer who published collections of prophecies. Colorized painti(04 of10)
Open Image ModalMichel De Nostred. Portrait of Michel de Nostredame 1503-1566, usually latinised to Nostradamus, French physician, apothecary and reputed seer who published collections of prophecies. Colorized painting. (credit:Leemage via Getty Images)
Nostradamus sculpture(05 of10)
Open Image ModalNostradamus sculpture (credit:Vladimir Vitkov via Getty Images)
Nostradamus(06 of10)
Open Image Modal\'French astrologer and physician Michel De Nostradamus (1503 - 1566), circa 1550. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Michel De Nostradamus\' (credit:HultonArchive via Getty Images)
Portrait of Michel de Notre Dame called Nostradamus (Saint-Remy-de-Provence, 1503-Salon-de-Provence, 1566), French astrologer, writer and pharmacist, Painting by Cesar de Nostredame (1553-1630?), 1614(07 of10)
Open Image ModalPortrait of Michel de Notre Dame called Nostradamus (Saint-Remy-de-Provence, 1503-Salon-de-Provence, 1566), French astrologer, writer and pharmacist. Painting by Cesar de Nostredame (1553-1630?), 1614. (credit:DEA / G. DAGLI ORTI via Getty Images)
Nostradamus using magic mirror to show Catherine de ' Medici, her children, future kings of France, engraving from Witchcraft, Magic and Alchemy by Grillot de Givry, France(08 of10)
Open Image ModalNostradamus using the magic mirror to show Catherine de \' Medici, her children, future kings of France, engraving from Witchcraft, Magic and Alchemy by Grillot de Givry. France. (credit:De Agostini Picture Library via Getty Images)
Michel De Nostradamus. Portrait of Michel de Nostradamus 1503-1566French physician and astronomer. Engraving 19th century(09 of10)
Open Image ModalMichel De Nostradamus. Portrait of Michel de Nostradamus 1503-1566French physician and astronomer. Engraving 19th century (credit:Leemage via Getty Images)
Nostradamus (Michel de Nostredame)(10 of10)
Open Image ModalNostradamus (Michel de Nostredame) - apothecary, author, translator, astrological consultant, December 1503 - 2 July 1566. Illustration from The Romance of Scorcery by Sax Rohmer, 1914. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images) (credit:Culture Club via Getty Images)