Gottfried von Strassburg
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Gottfried von Strassburg is the author of the Middle High German courtly romance Tristan, an adaptation of the 12th-century Tristan and Iseult legend. Gottfried's work is regarded, alongside the Nibel
Portrait of Gottfried von Strassburg from the Codex Manesse (Folio 364r)
Illustrations from the Munich MS of Gottfried's Tristan (the love grotto)
Page from the Munich MS of Gottfried's Tristan (transcription)
Heinrich von Veldeke
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Heinrich von Veldeke is the first writer in the Low Countries known by name who wrote in a European language other than Latin. He was born in Veldeke, which was a hamlet in what is now Spalbeek, part
Van Veldeke monument in Hasselt, Belgium
Eneas Romance illustration
Van Veldeke in the Codex Manesse (14th century)