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Cod. Pal. germ. 848
Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift
Codex Manesse, early 14th century
361r Heinrich von Tettingen
Source: Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
Cavalry in mail armour, armed with crossbow or spear.
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.