Ambraser Heldenbuch
The Ambraser Heldenbuch ("The Ambras Castle Book of Heroes") is a 16th-century manuscript written in Early New High German, now held in the Austrian National Library (signature Cod. ser. nova 2663). It contains a collection of 25 Middle High German courtly and heroic narratives along with some shorter works, all dating from the 12th and 13th centuries. For many of the texts it is the sole surviving source, which makes the manuscript highly significant for the history of German literature. The manuscript also attests to an enduring taste for the poetry of the MHG classical period among the upper classes.
| Ambraser Heldenbuch | |
|---|---|
| Austrian National Library, Cod. ser. nova 2663 | |
Ambraser Heldenbuch, fol. 149r | |
| Date | 1517 |
| Language(s) | Early New High German (South Bavarian) |
| Scribe(s) | Hans Ried |
| Author(s) | Various |
| Illuminated by | Ulrich Funk or Veit Fiedler |
| Patron | Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor |
| Material | Parchment |
| Size | V + 238 folios |
| Format | 460 x 360 mm, 3 columns |
| Script | Chancery script |
| Contents | 25 works of narrative verse |
| Illumination(s) | Marginal decoration |
| Previously kept | Ambras Castle; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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