Konrad von Würzburg, the "Stricker", and others: a collection of 32 stories catered to the palate of 15th century readers
Sample of German Poems
Around 1456

Sample of German Poems
— Around 1456
This rare manuscript contains 32 tales from the German-speaking world
These stories reflect the tastes of the emerging middle class in the late-15th century
Authors include Konrad von Wurzburg, the Stricker, Ruediger von Hinkhofen, and Konrad von Stoffeln
Sample of German Poems
- Innsbrucker Codex
- Sammlung kleinerer deutscher Gedichte
Short Description
The Innsbrucker Codex is an important and rare manuscript, representing a period of time from which few illustrated stories have survived. It therefore represents a rare literary sources, as well as being art-historically noteworthy. It features poems and other texts by famous medieval authors like inter alia Konrad von Werzburg, the Stricker, Ruediger von Hinkhofen.
Sample of German Poems
The Innsbrucker Codex is an important collective manuscript of a medieval short epic. It is exceptional for the story analysis, a significant source because it is the youngest collection of poems of this kind to have been made. Besides the 32 tales (u. a. Konrad von Werzburg, the Stricker, Ruediger von Hinkhofen) the manuscript also contains fables and parodies from spiritual literature. Altogether, this manuscript represents a worldly collection of entertaining stories mirroring the taste of the middle-class during the Middle-Ages.
A Vital Research Source
In terms of literary analysis, the manuscript is not only interesting due to the numerous illustrations found within (which correspond to the style of a “people's manuscript” (H.Wegner) with clear details given so that these poems would be easily understood in these times), but also because few illustrated stories have been preserved from this time period. In the second part of the manuscript, where the collection was to be added onto blank sheets, one finds the second important duplication of “Gauriel von Muntabel” by Konrad von Stoffeln, whose ending is unfortunately missing. This transcript is worthy of note regarding the history of literature because here Konrad tries to shorten his epic in comparison to the older version in the Donaueschinger Manuscript.
Codicology
- Alternative Titles
- Innsbrucker Codex
Sammlung kleinerer deutscher Gedichte - Size / Format
- 228 pages / 29.5 x 21.0 cm
- Date
- Around 1456
- Epochs
- Style
- Genre
- Language
- Illustrations
- 51 coloured pen-and-ink drawings
1 available facsimile edition(s) of „Sample of German Poems“
Sammlung kleinerer deutscher Gedichte
- Publisher
- Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt (ADEVA) – Graz, 1972
- Binding
- Half leather
- Commentary
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1 volume (60 pages) by N. R. Wolf
Language: German - More Information
- Reproduction of the entire original document as detailed as possible (scope, format, colors). The binding may not correspond to the original or current document binding.
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