Cod. Pal. germ. 848
Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift

Codex Manesse, early 14th century

43v Count Wernher von Homberg (d. 1320)

A detail of the Italian City Militia on the lower left.
Source: Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg

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.