Editing Codex Manesse (section)

{{Short description|14th-century German illuminated manuscript}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox manuscript
<!----------Name---------->
| name                  = Codex Manesse
| location              = Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek, Cpg 848 
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| image                 = Codex Manesse Johannes Hadlaub.jpg
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| caption               = Folio 371<sup>r</sup>, Johannes Hadlaub
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| Also known as         = {{Lang|de|Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift|italic=no}}
| Type                  = 
| Date                  = {{Circa|1304}}
| Place of origin       = Zürich
| Language(s)           = [[Middle High German]]
| Scribe(s)             = 
| Author(s)             = c. 140 named Minnesänger
| Compiled by           =
| Illuminated by        = 
| Patron                = Manesse family
| Dedicated to          =
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| Material              = Parchment
| Size                  = 426 folios
| Format                = 350 x 250 mm, 2 columns
| Condition             =
| Script                = Textura
| Contents              = Minnesang
| Illumination(s)       = 137 whole-page miniatures, [[Lombardic capitals]]
| Additions             =
| Exemplar(s)           =
| Previously kept       = 
| Discovered            =
| Accession             = 
| Other                 =
| below                 = 
}}

The '''Codex Manesse''' (also '''{{Lang|de|Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift|italic=no}}'''<ref>{{langx|de|link=no|Great Heidelberg Song Manuscript}}, [[Heidelberg]], [[University of Heidelberg]] Library, ''Codex Palatinus Germanicus'' 848</ref> or '''Pariser Handschrift''') is a {{Lang|de|[[Liederhandschrift]]}} (a German term for a [[manuscript]] containing songs) which is the single most comprehensive source of [[Middle High German]] ''[[Minnesang]]'' poetry. It was written and [[illustrated manuscript|illustrated]] between {{Circa|1304}} when the main part was completed, and {{Circa|1340}} with the addenda.

The codex was produced in [[Zürich]] ([[Switzerland]]), for the [[Manesse family]].<ref>Koschorreck and Werner 1981 discern no fewer than eleven scribes, some working simultaneously, in the production.</ref>

The manuscript is "the most beautifully illumined German manuscript in centuries";<ref>Ingeborg Glier, reviewing Koschorreck and Werner 1981 in ''Speculum'' '''59'''.1 (January 1984), p. 169. The only other contemporary illuminated song book is the [[Weingarten Manuscript]], once thought to have been a model for the ''Codex Manesse''.</ref> its 137 [[miniature (illuminated manuscript)|miniatures]] are a series of "portraits" depicting each poet.

It is currently housed in the [[Heidelberg University Library]].<ref>{{cite web
| url          = https://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/Englisch/allg/benutzung/bereiche/handschriften/codexmanesse.html
| title        = Codex Manesse
| website      = Heidelberg University Library
| publisher    = Heidelberg University
| access-date  = 11 March 2023}}</ref>

In 2023, Codex Manesse was admitted to UNESCO's [[Memory of the World]].<ref name="Informationsdienst Wissenschaft - Nachrichten 2023">{{cite web | title=Codex Manesse Admitted to UNESCO World Documentary Heritage | website=Informationsdienst Wissenschaft – Nachrichten | date=18 May 2023 | url=https://idw-online.de/de/news814546 | language=de | access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission">{{cite web | title=UNESCO-Weltdokumentenerbe Codex Manesse | website=Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission | url=https://www.unesco.de/kultur-und-natur/weltdokumentenerbe/weltdokumentenerbe-deutschland/codex-manesse | language=de | access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref>