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von Hornberg Manesse.svg|251r. Bruno II von Hornberg
von Hornberg Manesse.svg|251r. Bruno II von Hornberg
Blank.svg|252r. Hugo von Werbenvang
Der Püller.svg|253v. Konrad Püller von Hohenburg
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Von Buchheim.svg|271r. Walther von Bucheim
Von Buchheim.svg|271r. Walther von Bucheim
Blank.svg|273r. Niedhart
Heinrich Teschler.svg|281v. Heinrich Teschler<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Master</span>
Heinrich Teschler.svg|281v. Heinrich Teschler<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Master</span>
Rost Kirchherr zu Sarnen.svg|285r. Rost, Kirchherr zu Sarnen
Rost Kirchherr zu Sarnen.svg|285r. Rost, Kirchherr zu Sarnen

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The "Codex Manesse", also known as the "Great Heidelberg Book of Songs", was created between around 1300 and around 1340
in Zurich and is the most comprehensive collection of ballads and epigrammatic poetry in Middle High German language.
The manuscript contains almost 6,000 verses from 140 poets, the poets are arranged in order of rank. Emperor Henry VI , son of Frederick I Barbarossa,
comes first followed by kings, dukes, margraves, counts, barons, ministerialis and lastly commoners..