Thomasin von Zerklaere: Der Welsche Gast

Pal. germ. 389 Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg (Heidelberg, Germany)

Welsche Gast. Faksimile des Codex Palatinus Germanicus 389 der Universitätsbibiothek Heidelberg Copyright Photos: Ziereis Facsimiles

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Thomasin von Zerklaere: Der Welsche Gast

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Alternative Titles: Welsche Gast. Faksimile des Codex Palatinus Germanicus 389 der Universitätsbibiothek Heidelberg
Heidelberg Wälsche Gast
The Romance Stranger
Der Welhische Gast
Thomasîn von Zerclaere - Der wälsche Gast
Der Welihische Gast
Type: Manuscript on parchment
Size / Format: 452 pages / 18.1 × 11.5 cm
Origin: Germany
Date: Ca. 1256
Epochs: High Middle Ages
Style: Gothic
Genre: Primers / Textbooks
Language: German
Script: Textura
Illustrations: 108 colored pen-and-ink drawings; 11 initials with split stems, some with zoomorphic elements; numerous red lombards, capital letters, and red headings
Content: A rhymed behavioral textbook for young nobles on virtues and vices, the proper handling of worldly possessions, proper table manners, the duties of a good ruler, the effects of human actions and inactions on the afterlife, as well as advice on courtship a
Artist / School: Author: Thomasin von Zerklaere (ca. 1186 – ca. 1235)

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#1 Welsche Gast. Faksimile des Codex Palatinus Germanicus 389 der Universitätsbibiothek Heidelberg

Reichert Verlag – Wiesbaden, 1980

Publisher: Reichert Verlag – Wiesbaden, 1980

Limited Edition: 500 copies

Binding: Half leather binding

Commentary: 1 volume by Friedrich Neumann and Ewald M. Vetter
Language: German

The commentary volume contains the complete translation of the text into Modern High German and descriptions of all 108 miniatures.

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