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The Codex Manesse, also called the Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift, is an illuminated manuscript compiled in Zurich during the first half of the fourteenth century. Written in Middle High German, it preserves the largest surviving collection of Minnesang lyric poetry, arranging works by authors...
The Manesse Codex is a large illuminated anthology of Middle High German lyric poetry produced in Zurich during the early fourteenth century. Also known as the Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift, it contains works attributed to numerous Minnesänger and organizes them broadly by social status. Full...
Tannhauser is a figure based on a 13th-century German Minnesinger, or knight-poet, who became the central character of a famous medieval legend. According to the lore, Tannhauser discovered the Venusberg, the subterranean home of the Roman goddess Venus, where he lived in a state of pagan sin before...
