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Walther Von Metze
Walther von Mezze was Middle High German, German lyric poet in the ''Minnesang'' tradition, probably active in the first half of the 13th century.Norbert H. Ott"Walther von Mezze" ''Neue Deutsche Biographie'', Vol. 27 (2020), p. 350. Walther was probably born in the late 12th century. It cannot be proved that he was related to the lords of Metze who held lands in southern County of Tyrol, Tyrol and the Palatinate (region), Rhenish Palatinate, since his given name is never attested among them in the 13th century.Carl von Kraus (ed.), ''Deutsche Liederdichter des 13. Jahrhunderts: I. Text und II. Kommentar'' (Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1952), s.v. "Walther von Mezze", pp. 609–624. His coat of arms, as shown in the Codex Manesse, does not narrow down his origins, for in the Weingarten Manuscript the same arms are attributed to the poet Rubin (poet), Rubin. His portrait is a notable example of the tendency by the later 13th century to cover all of a knight's accoutrements in his coat of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Codex Manesse 166v Walther Von Metze
The codex (: codices ) was the historical ancestor format of the modern book. Technically, the vast majority of modern books use the codex format of a stack of pages Bookbinding, bound at one edge, along the side of the text. But the term ''codex'' is now reserved for older manuscript books, which mostly used sheets of vellum, parchment, or papyrus, rather than paper. By convention, the term is also used for any Aztec codex (although the earlier examples do not actually use the codex format), Maya codices and other Pre-Columbian era, pre-Columbian manuscripts. Library practices have led to many European manuscripts having "codex" as part of their usual name, as with the Codex Gigas, while most do not. Modern books are divided into paperback (or softback) and those bound with stiff boards, called hardbacks. Elaborate historical bindings are called treasure bindings. At least in the Western world, the main alternative to the paged codex format for a long document was the continuo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
