Minnesang
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Minnesang was a tradition of German lyric- and song-writing that flourished in the Middle High German period. The name derives from minne, the Middle High German word for love, as that was Minnesang's
Walther von der Vogelweide (Codex Manesse, ca. 1300)
Melody and text of Neidhart von Reuental, "Der schwarze dorn" (MS c)
Otto von Botenlauben Fountain
Carmina Burana wheel
Weingarten Manuscript
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The Weingarten Manuscript is a 14th-century illuminated manuscript containing a collection of Minnesang lyrics. It is currently in the Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart, with the shelf-mark
Miniature of Heinrich von Morungen in the Weingarten Manuscript
Lyrics by Hartmann von Aue in the Weingarten Manuscript (c.1310), fol 20v.