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King Karl Battles the Heathen.
f.7v upper, "Arabel" by Ulrich von dem Türlin in the Willehalm-Kodex, Fritzlar (?), Germany, 1334AD
Universitätsbibliothek Kassel


A larger image of King Karl Battles the Heathen. 'Arabel' by Ulrich von dem Türlin in the Willehalm-Kodex, Fritzlar (?), Germany, 1334AD.


Ulrich von dem Türlin († around 1269) was a Middle High German epic writer. His main work is the epic Arabel, the prequel to Wolfram von Eschenbach's epic Willehalm.

Willehalm-Kodex
Persistent identifier: 1300457892891
Title: Willehalm-Kodex
Shelf mark: 2° Ms. poet. et roman. 1
Persons involved: Wolfram von Eschenbach, Ulrich von dem Türlin, Ulrich von Türheim
Place of publication: Fritzlar (?)
Structure type: Manuscript
Collection: Ms. poet. et roman.
Year of publication: 1334
Size: 40.8-41.3 x 28.5-29cm
Scope: I+396+I Bl.
Language: German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500)
Physical location: Universitätsbibliothek Kassel, Landesbibliothek und Murhardsche Bibliothek der Stadt Kassel

Title: Arabel
Persons involved: Ulrich von dem Türlin
Structure type: sub-work
Source: UniKassel Bibliothek



See also Knights and musicians in Fretwork around the Shrine of Elisabeth in the Teutonic Order Elisabethkirche in Marburg, Hesse, Germany, 1301-1350AD.
Les Voeux du paon. Northern France or Belgium, possibly Tournai, southern Netherlands, ca. 1350. The Morgan Library & Museum MS G.24, f.37v.
Other 14th century Illustrations of Costume and Soldiers