The Minnesingers: Portraits from the Weingartner Manuscript
Basle, Switzerland: Amerbach Publishing Comp. 1947. Full-Leather. Near Fine / No Jacket. Item #2330191
Rebound in full leather (originally published in printer wrappers, which are not included here). Pages lightly toned, boards lightly rubbed and slightly discolored with a golden tinge to the red on both front and back (possibly transfer from another binding or document, but this seems unlikely given the color).
11, [1], 24 pp. Red leather, marbled endpapers. A short volume providing historical context for the imagery contained in the Weingartner manuscript, along with color reproductions of all 24 figures. The Weingarten Manuscript (German Weingartner Liederhandschrift) is a 14th-century illuminated manuscript containing a collection of Minnesang lyrics. It is currently in the Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart, with the shelf-mark HB XIII 1. In Minnesang scholarship it is referred to as Manuscript B. Along with the Codex Manesse (MS. C) and the Kleine Heidelberger Liederhandschrift (MS. A) it is one of the major sources of Minnesang texts from the beginnings (around 1150) to the end of the 'golden age' (around 1230).
Price: $50.00