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Facsimile

Codex Manesse, 1925

Estimate

€ 2.000 - 2.500

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€ 3.612

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Information

Leipzig, Insel Verlag, 1925-'27. 350 x 235 mm. Printed in color facsimile on thick parchment imitation paper, white pigskin binding on wooden boards. Cope 267/320. Ex libris by Giovanni Treccani degli Alfieri.

Specialist Notes

Reproduction of the Manessian Codex, also known as the Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift: one of the main sources of German literature. Made between 1300 and 1340 in Zurich, it contains around 6,000 poems and songs, decorated with 137 splendid Gothic miniatures.