The Kleine Heidelberger Liederhandschift ("Small Heidelberg Song-manuscript") is a collection of Middle High German Minnesang texts. In Minnesang scholarship it is referred to as MS. A. It is held by the Heidelberg University Library with the signature Cod.Pal.germ. 357 (Cpg 357).
10-825: Along with the Weingarten Manuscript (MS. B) and the Codex Manesse (MS. C), it is one of the major sources of Minnesang texts from the beginnings (around 1150) to the end of the "golden age" (around 1230). Dating from 1270–1280, it is the oldest of the three Upper German Minnesang manuscripts. It was created in Alsace , possibly in Strassburg . There is no certainty about the patron, though Conrad of Lichtenberg , Bishop of Strassburg has been suggested. It contains 45 parchment pages in small format (18.5 x 13.5cm), hence its name, which distinguishes it from
20-496: A single column, the beginnings indicated by paragraph marks. The individual strophes are indicated by blue and red Lombardic capitals , some of which are elaborate. Unlike the Codex Manesse it has no miniatures showing the poets. The songs themselves date from the central period in the development of Minnesang. The earliest are probably those of Heinrich von Rugge (around 1180) while the latest, dating to around 1240, are
30-1357: The Cathedral Library in Konstanz and the commissioning patron is commonly taken to be Heinrich von Klingenberg , Bishop of Konstanz 1293–1306. The manuscript includes the following Minnesänger: Heinrich von Klingenberg Look for Heinrich von Klingenberg on one of Misplaced Pages's sister projects : [REDACTED] Wiktionary (dictionary) [REDACTED] Wikibooks (textbooks) [REDACTED] Wikiquote (quotations) [REDACTED] Wikisource (library) [REDACTED] Wikiversity (learning resources) [REDACTED] Commons (media) [REDACTED] Wikivoyage (travel guide) [REDACTED] Wikinews (news source) [REDACTED] Wikidata (linked database) [REDACTED] Wikispecies (species directory) Misplaced Pages does not have an article with this exact name. Please search for Heinrich von Klingenberg in Misplaced Pages to check for alternative titles or spellings. You need to log in or create an account and be autoconfirmed to create new articles. Alternatively, you can use
40-504: The Codex Manesse (MS. C) and the Kleine Heidelberger Liederhandschrift (MS. A) it is one of the major sources of Minnesang texts from the beginnings (around 1150) to the end of the "golden age" (around 1230). The manuscript comprises 158 folios and is 15cm×11.5cm in size, the small size suggesting that it was for private use. It contains collections of lyrics by 31 poets: 25 are named Minnesänger and
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60-532: The basis of other manuscripts. Named sections Anonymous texts Weingarten Manuscript The Weingarten Manuscript (German Weingartner Liederhandschrift ) is a 14th-century illuminated manuscript containing a collection of Minnesang lyrics. It is currently in the Württembergische Landesbibliothek , Stuttgart , with the shelf-mark HB XIII 1. In Minnesang scholarship it is referred to as Manuscript B. Along with
70-484: The larger format Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift ("Great Heidelberg Song-manuscript"), as the Codex Manesse is often called, which is held in the same library. The main part of the manuscript is written by a single scribe and the language is Low Alemannic . The appendix, the work of five different scribes, shows some Central German influence. The manuscript is written in Gothic minuscule . The songs are written in
80-432: The other six are not named, but the authors are identifiable from texts preserved in other MSS. The MS. contains miniatures of the 25 named Minnesänger, two half-page, the rest full-page. Most of the poems are love lyrics but among the anonymous material are a poem in praise of the virgin ("Marienlob"), and the "Minnelehre" ("Art of Love") of Johann von Konstanz . The ordering of the poets broadly reflects their place in
90-587: The social hierarchy, starting with the Emperor Henry VI , followed by the counts and then other knights. The manuscript was written in the first quarter of the 14th Century, possibly in Konstanz . Similarities between the Weingarten MS. and the Codex Manesse in both the texts and the ordering of material imply that they share a common source, now lost. The MS. is thought to have belonged to
100-549: The songs of Neidhart von Reuental and Bruder Wernher . The main part of the manuscript is divided into 34 sections or author names; the material in the appendix is anonymous. Four or five of these authors are represented in each of two collections under a slightly modified name, thus about 30 authors are distinguished. The number of songs for each poet ranges from two (Reinmar der Junge) to 151 strophes ( Walther von der Vogelweide ). The appendix consists of 56 verses without names and initials. They can be attributed to known poets on
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