# Codex Manesse [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, Swiss]() - Date: 1301-1350 - Technique: Manuscript \(Codex Pal. Germ. 848\), 355 x 250 mm ## Commentary Codex Manesse 1310-40 Manuscript \(Codex Pal. Germ. 848\), 355 x 250 mm Universitätsbibliothek, Heidelberg This miniature is from the famous Codex Manesse, the most comprehensive collection of ballads and epigrammatic poetry in Middle High German language. It depicts a Teutonic Knight with black cross and elaborate helmet. The Crusades gave new scope for the monastic ideal - men living in a closed community dedicated to God's service. In the 12th century three new orders were founded in the Holy Land - the Knights of the Temple \(Templars\), the Knights of St John \(Hospitallers\) and the Teutonic Knights. All took monastic vows but were organized on military lines with a Grand Master as commander in chief. ## Related artworks - [Codex Manesse]() - [Codex Manesse]() - [Codex Manesse]() - [Codex Manesse]() - [Codex Manesse]() - [Codex Manesse]() - [Codex Manesse]() - [Codex Manesse]() - [Codex Manesse]() - [Codex Manesse]() - [Gradual from St. Katharinenthal]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()