[Medieval manuscripts]. Koschorreck, W. and Werner, W. (ed.). Codex Manesse....

[Medieval manuscripts]. Koschorreck, W. and Werner, W. (ed.). Codex Manesse. Die grosse Heidelberger Liederhandschrift. Kommentar zum Faksimile des Codex Palatinus Germanicus 848 der Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg. Frankf. a.M., Insel, 1981, 194,(9)p., 37 ills. on plates, textills., orig. cl. w. mor. letterpiece, slipcase, large 4to.

- Trifle discoloured slipcase, otherwise very fine.

= The rare, often lacking, commentary vol. of the sumptuous facsimile edition (Frankf. a.M., 1974-1979) of this magnificent medieval songbook. It is the single most comprehensive source of Middle High German Minnesang poetry, written and illuminated in Zurich in the early 14th century, for the Manesse (or Manegg) family, at that time the most wealthy family of Zurich.

Voronova, T. and Sterligov, A. Western European Illuminated Manuscripts 8th to 16th centuries. London, Greenwich Editions, 2003, 255p., num. col. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., folio.

- Bookplate on upper pastedown; a few ballpoint annots. and corrections in text. Dustwr. sl. dam. (repaired w. tape). Otherwise fine.