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Cod. Pal. germ. 848
Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift
Codex Manesse, early 14th century
359r Von Buwenburg
Source: Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
Cavalry in a mix of mail and padded armour, armed with crossbows or spears.
The Manesse Codex is a book copied and illustrated between 1305 and 1340 in Zürich.
It contains love songs in Middle High German by important poets, several of whom were famous rulers.
The compilation of the codex was patronized by the Manesse family of Zürich, presumably by Rüdiger II Manesse.
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More illustrations of German soldiers in the Codex Manesse, Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift Cod. Pal. germ. 848
A German Mounted Crossbowman c.1320 in Armies of the Middle Ages, Volume 2 by Ian Heath, based on Von Buwenburg in the Manessa Codex