The "Codex Manesse", also known as the "Great Heidelberg Book of Songs" (Cod. Pal. germ. 848), was created between around 1300 and around 1340 in Zurich and is the most comprehensive collection of ballads and epigrammatic poetry in Middle High German language. It consists of 426 parchments leaves, each 35,5 x 25 cm, double-sided, pagination added in a later scribe's hand. In addition the codex includes 140 blank pages and numerous pages partially blank. Great Heidelberg Book of Songs. Grosse Heidelberger Liederhandschrift. Codex Manesse. Illuminated manuscript, Medieval art. Heidelberg, Univ
The "Codex Manesse", also known as the "Great Heidelberg Book of Songs" (Cod. Pal. germ. 848), was created between around 1300 and around 1340 in Zurich and is the most comprehensive collection of ballads and epigrammatic poetry in Middle High German language. It consists of 426 parchments leaves, each 35,5 x 25 cm, double-sided, pagination added in a later scribe's hand. In addition the codex includes 140 blank pages and numerous pages partially blank. Great Heidelberg Book of Songs. Grosse Heidelberger Liederhandschrift. Codex Manesse. Illuminated manuscript, Medieval art. Heidelberg, University Library.
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