Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift (Codex Manesse)
The Codex Manesse is a early fourteenth-century German manuscript of courtly songs, made in Zurich around 1300 for a noble patron circle. Its pictures are small full-page miniatures of seated nobles, lovers and minstrels set against gold ground, with heraldic shields and crests above; a designer might draw on its flat gold-and-colour palette, bold blue and red contours, and heraldic devices.
