Codex Palatinus germanicus 14

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Cod. Pal. germ. 14, sheet 1r: Heinrich von Mügeln , Der Meide Kranz (first page of text)

The Codex Palatinus germanicus 14 is a late medieval manuscript from the former Bibliotheca Palatina in Heidelberg . The Codex belongs to the Codices Palatini germanici , the German-language manuscripts of the Palatina, which have been kept in the Heidelberg University Library since 1816 ; The signature of the Heidelberg University Library and the common scientific name is Cod. Pal. germ. 14 (short form: Cpg 14 ).

The illuminated manuscript contains Heinrich von Mügeln's allegorical poem Der Meide Kranz . The codex was created in Bavaria in 1407.

description

Cod. Pal. germ. 14, sheet 2v: Heinrich von Mügeln , Der Meide Kranz - Emperor Karl IV. sitting on a throne, surrounded by standing female figures
Cod. Pal. germ. 14, sheet 13r: Heinrich von Mügeln , Der Meide Kranz - Die Geometrie
Cod. Pal. germ. 14, sheet 16r: Heinrich von Mügeln , Der Meide Kranz - Die Physik
Cod. Pal. germ. 14, Ottheinrich binding , front cover

The codex is a parchment manuscript with 73 leaves. Remains of custodians can still be seen on some sheets (sheets 1r, 11r, 21r, 40v / 41r, 49r, 67r), mostly disfigured by trimming the sheets.

The sheet size of the manuscript is 18.1 × 13.5 cm, with a writing space of 13.5 × 7.5 cm with 18 to 20 lines per page. The foliation of the 17th century counts the sheets 1–72 with text, the sheets in front and behind are provided with modern numbers. Page 45r / v is trimmed diagonally on the outside, without any loss of text.

Written form is a bastarda from one source. Sheet 1r shows a figure initial (dragon) extending from top to bottom over the edge of the page; otherwise, to mark paragraphs, lombards are set over two lines in red and green, rarely also in blue.

During the restoration in 1978 by Walter Schmitt, the layers in the front and back were repaired with Japanese paper . a. New flyleaves and parchment folds inserted and a new leather back attached.

Miniatures

Heinrich's work has survived in only four manuscripts; there is the Heidelberg Cod. Pal. germ. 14 the only manuscript with illustrations. A total of 13 colored pen drawings by a draftsman adorn the text, each executed in the lower half of a page. Apart from the first picture, the miniatures show the sciences and arts that appear in the text, personified in female figures sitting alone, some with attributes that underline their characteristics. Standing figures are also drawn on sheets 2r and 16r. There is no space for an illustration (sheet 29r). The following are shown in detail:

The pen drawings are made with thin lines without hatching and are colored in rich colors (green, cobalt, chrome yellow, vermilion, carmine, gray). Some of the figures are surrounded by decorative tendrils; the pictures consistently have no floor representation and no framing. In Hans Wegener's assessment (1927), the illustrations by the illustrator are “disproportionate”, the heads “strangely marked ... [and] without expression”, the hands “poorly” drawn.

cover

The binding is a typical Ottheinrich binding in brown leather with blind-printed roller stamps , brass fittings and strap clasps , probably made by Jörg Bernhardt.

On the front cover there is a gold-plated plate with the portrait of Ottheinrich in a cartridge , in which the abbreviation OH (Ottheinrich) is noted above and the abbreviation PC (Pfalzgraf, Churfürst) below . Above the cartouche is a gold-stamped angel's head, below the also gold-plated year of manufacture of the binding: 1558 . The coat of arms of the Palatinate is placed in a cartouche on the similarly gilded plate on the back cover.

origin

According to the scribe's note on sheet 71v, the completion of the manuscript is to be dated March 30, 1407, so that the Heidelberg manuscript is dated as the oldest of the four handwritten records of the work.

The manuscript was probably made by Elector Ludwig III. von der Pfalz (1378–1436) acquired for the Heidelberg libraries. The cataloging of 1581 records the manuscript in the inventory of the Heiliggeistbibliothek. In connection with this cataloging, the library title was entered on sheet 1r below: Von den siben freyen künsten and 12 zaichen des hymels. Etc.

Like the other manuscripts of the Electoral Palatinate Libraries, the Codex came into the possession of the Vatican Library in Rome after the conquest of the Electoral Palatinate in the Thirty Years War in 1622 and was only brought to Heidelberg in 1816 with the other German-language holdings of the Palatina as part of the regulations during the Congress of Vienna returned.

Content

The manuscript contains the artfully constructed allegorical pair speech Der Meide Kranz by Heinrich von Mügeln .

In the first part of the work, the twelve sciences and arts Philosophia , Gramatica , Loica , Rethorica , Arismetica , Geometria , Musica , Astronomia , Phisica , Alchimia , Metaphisica and Theologia , personified as beautiful women, appear before Emperor Charles IV, to make him decide let us decide which of them should be given priority in the dispute over a place in the crown of the Blessed Mother Mary. The emperor gives the theologia the highest rank. In the second part is about the Ranking dispute between the Nature one hand and the personification of the twelve virtues Wisheit , Gerechtikeit , Sterke , Meßikeit , Mildikeit , Demütikeit , Warheit , Barmherzikeit , Fride , Libe , Hoffenung and Geloube other. Here the just crowned theologia is called to decide, and it decides in favor of the primacy of virtues, because these are given by God and not by nature. In the third and final part, Nature argues again for its primacy, this time with reference to the cosmic order and the power of the twelve constellations of the zodiac that it controls; this is finally rejected by the poet himself in favor of virtues.

See also

literature

  • Karin Zimmermann : Cod. Pal. Germ. 14. Heinrich von Mügeln: The Meide Kranz. In: Karin Zimmermann (arrangement), with the participation of Sonja Glauch, Matthias Miller, Armin Schlechter: The Codices Palatini germanici in the Heidelberg University Library (Cod. Pal. Germ. 1–181). Catalogs of the Heidelberg University Library, Volume 6. Reichert Verlag , Wiesbaden 2003, ISBN 978-3-89500-152-9 , pp. 37-38 ( digitized version ).

Older catalogs:

  • Karl Bartsch : Pal. Germ. 14. Heinrich von Mügeln's poem 'Der meide kranz'. In: Karl Bartsch: The old German manuscripts of the university library in Heidelberg. Catalog of the manuscripts of the university library in Heidelberg, volume 1. Verlag von Gustav Koester, Heidelberg 1887, No. 8, p. 7 ( digitized version ).
  • Hans Wegener : H. von Mügeln: "The meide wreath". pal. germ. 14. In: Hans Wegener: Descriptive directory of the German picture manuscripts of the late Middle Ages in the Heidelberg University Library. Verlagbuchhandlung J. J. Weber, Leipzig 1927, p. 5 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Cod. Pal. germ. 14  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ Unless otherwise noted, the information in this section follows the description by Karin Zimmermann: Cod. Pal. germ. 14 . In: The Codices Palatini germanici in the Heidelberg University Library (Cod. Pal. Germ. 1–181) . Wiesbaden 2003, p. 37 ( digitized version ; accessed March 22, 2020).
  2. ↑ See the restoration note on the rear mirror, digitized UB-Heidelberg ; accessed March 22, 2020.
  3. ^ Karl Stackmann: Heinrich von Mügeln . In: VL 2 3 1981/2010, col. 820.
  4. ↑ Hans Wegener: H. von Mügeln: "Der meide kranz" . pal. germ. 14. In: Hans Wegener: Descriptive directory of the German picture manuscripts of the late Middle Ages in the Heidelberg University Library . Verlagbuchhandlung J. J. Weber, Leipzig 1927, p. 5 ( digitized version ; accessed March 22, 2020).
  5. ↑ Digitalisat sheet 71v , UB-Heidelberg; accessed March 22, 2020.
  6. ↑ Unless otherwise noted, the information in this section follows the description by Karin Zimmermann: Cod. Pal. germ. 14 . In: The Codices Palatini germanici in the Heidelberg University Library (Cod. Pal. Germ. 1–181) . Wiesbaden 2003, p. 37 ( digitized version ; accessed March 22, 2020).
  7. ↑ Hans Wegener: The German Illuminated Manuscripts of the Late Middle Ages in the Heidelberg University Library . In: Hans Wegener: Descriptive directory of the German picture manuscripts of the late Middle Ages in the Heidelberg University Library . Verlagbuchhandlung J. J. Weber, Leipzig 1927, pp. VI-VII ( digitized version ; accessed March 22, 2020).
  8. ^ UB Heidelberg : The Bibliotheca Palatina - Fates of a world-famous library ; accessed January 18, 2020.
  9. ↑ Unless otherwise noted, the information in this section follows the description by Karin Zimmermann: Cod. Pal. germ. 14 . In: The Codices Palatini germanici in the Heidelberg University Library (Cod. Pal. Germ. 1–181) . Wiesbaden 2003, p. 38 ( digitized version ; accessed March 22, 2020).
  10. ↑ Text content available online at Bibliotheca Augustana ( Ulrich Harsch ): Der meide kranz ; Retrieved March 23, 2020 (follows the - historically outdated, but useful as an overview - edition of Willy Jahr: Heinrich von Mügeln, Der Meide Kranz . Dissertation Leipzig 1908, pp. 101-136).
  11. ↑ cf. E.g. Karl Stackmann : Heinrich von Mügeln . In: Die deutsche Literatur des Mittelalters, author's lexicon , volume 3. De Gruyter publishing house , Berlin / New York 1981/2010 (VL 2 ), columns 815–827; especially for Der Meide Kranz Sp. 820–822.