Weingarten Manuscript

[1] Along with the Codex Manesse (MS. C) and the Kleine Heidelberger Liederhandschrift (MS. A) it is one of the major sources of Minnesang texts from the beginnings (around 1150) to the end of the "golden age" (around 1230).

The MS. contains miniatures of the 25 named Minnesänger, two half-page, the rest full-page.

[2] Most of the poems are love lyrics but among the anonymous material are a poem in praise of the virgin ("Marienlob"), and the "Minnelehre" ("Art of Love") of Johann von Konstanz.

[1] The ordering of the poets broadly reflects their place in the social hierarchy, starting with the Emperor Henry VI, followed by the counts and then other knights.

[1] Similarities between the Weingarten MS. and the Codex Manesse in both the texts and the ordering of material imply that they share a common source, now lost.