Facsimile of the Codex Manesse - 'The Great Heidelberg Song Manuscript' -

Facsimile of the Codex Manesse - 'The Great Heidelberg Song Manuscript' - a masterpiece of German literature, medieval history and Gothic book illumination of the 14th century from Zurich. About 137 full-page miniatures and over 6000 stanzas of Minnelyrik with the main theme of courtly Minne and a testimony of medieval poetry. Unbound facsimile of the Codex Palatinus Germanicus 848 and various interim commentaries in cassette with leather insert and embossing, commentary volume in cardboard slipcase enclosed. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1978 (commentary volume Kassel 1981). The original is in the Heidelberg University Library. Signs of age and wear.