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The ''Codex Manesse'', ''Manesse Codex'', or ''Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift''〔Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg Library, ''Codex Palatinus Germanicus'' 848〕 is a ''Liederhandschrift'' (medieval songbook), the single most comprehensive source of Middle High German ''Minnesang'' poetry, written and illustrated between ca. 1304 when the main part was completed, and ca. 1340 with the addenda. The codex was produced in Zürich, for the Manesse family.〔Koschorreck and Werner 1981 discern no fewer than eleven scribes, some working simultaneously, in the production.〕 The manuscript is "the most beautifully illumined German manuscript in centuries;"〔Ingeborg Glier, reviewing Koschorreck and Werner 1981 in ''Speculum'' 59.1 (January 1984), p 169. The only other contemporary illuminated song book is the Weingartener Liederhandschrift, once thought to have been a model for the ''Codex Manesse''.〕 its 137 miniatures are a series of "portraits" depicting each poet. ==Contents== The Codex Manesse is an anthology of the works of a total of about 135〔the exact number is debatable; of a total of 139 portraits, some are clearly of fictional characters, as in "Klingsor of Hungary" and "King Tyro of Scotland", while others may or may not be fictional, as in "Der Winsbeke", "Die Winsbekin" and Süsskind, the Jew of Trimberg. Yet other entries may feature historical poets but combine poems by several authors.〕 Minnesingers of the mid 12th to early 14th century. For each poet, a portrait is shown, followed by the text of their works. The entries are ordered approximately by the social status of the poets, starting with the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI, Kings Conradin and Wenceslaus II, down through dukes, counts and knights, to the commoners. Most of the poems are ''Minnesang'', but there are also other genres, including fables and didactic poems. The oldest poets represented in the manuscript had been dead for more than a century at the time of its compilations, while others were contemporaries, the latest even late additions of poems written during the early 14th century. In the portraits, some of the nobles are shown in full armour in their heraldic colors and devices (therefore with their faces hidden), often shown as taking part in a joust, or sometimes in single combat with sword and shield, and sometimes in actual battle. Some images are motivated by the biography of the person depicted, but some designs just draw their motif from the poet's name (thus, Dietmar is shown riding a mule, since his name can be interpreted as meaning ''people's horse''), while others draw on imagery from their lyrics (Walther von der Vogelweide is shown in a thoughtful pose which exactly matches the description of himself in one of his most famous songs). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Codex Manesse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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