Codex Manesse by Ingo F. Walther
This richly illustrated study presents the famous medieval illuminated songbook through full-color reproductions of its miniatures and detailed commentary, unpacking the poems, portraits, and courtly scenes of the Minnesang tradition; it situates the manuscript historically and culturally, discusses its artists, iconography, paleography, and ornamentation, traces its provenance and preservation, and offers accessible analysis that makes the codex’s artistic, literary, and social significance clear to both scholars and general readers.
- Published
- 1300
- Nationality
- German
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- Unknown
- Original Language
- Middle high german
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- Alternate Titles
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- Great Heidelberg Song Manuscript
- Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift
- Manesse Codex
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