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Painting: Manesse Song Collection
1300-20 Illumination on parchment Universit?tsbibliothek, Heidelberg The cloack of the kneeling knight is decorated with the letter "A", probably the initial of his ideal woman. The picture comes from the most extensive collection of German songs (Minnesang), the "Mannesische Liederhandschrift" created probably in Zurich. R?diger and Johannes Manesse collected the songs from several smaller songbooks. The codex contains 138 miniatures made by at least four different artists. Artist: MINIATURIST, Swiss , Manesse Song Collection , 1301-1350 , Swiss , illumination , other
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