Codex Manesse. Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek, Codex palatinus germanicus 848.

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Frankfurt (M.), Insel Verlag, 1981

2 vol., large folio.

White pigksin. Slipcase.

Massive coloured facsimile of one of the most important manuscripts of the entire Middle Ages, created in Zurich between 1300 and 1340. It contains 6000 stanzas of Middle High German poetry by 140 poets, ill. by 137 magnificent full-page miniatures. The Codex Manesse is not only a true treasure of German medieval literature, but also and especially of Gothic book illumination. One of 750 numb. copies (n. 704). With the commentary ed. by Walter Koschorreck and Wilfried Werner.
Joined: 1. Mittler, Elmar; Werner, Wilfried (ed.) - Codex Manesse. Katalog zur Ausstellung vom 12. Juni bis 4. September 1988. Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg. Heidelberg, Edition Brauss, 1988. 2 vol., 4to. Publ. quarter vellum. - 2. Voetz, Lothar - Der Codex Manesse. Die berühmteste Liederhandschrift des Mittelsalters. (Darmstadt, WBG, 2015). Folio. Publ. binding. (5 vol.)