Trojanerkrieg : Ms. germ. fol. 1

Handschrift | illuminated manuscript | manuscript

Ms. germ. fol. 1 was produced around 1445 in the workshop of Diebold Lauber in Hagenau (Alsace). The manuscript features a courtly romance by Konrad von Würzburg (c. 1225–1287), titled The Trojan War (Trojanerkrieg), and a continuation of this story. Konrad von Würzburg is one of the most important authors of vernacular literature from the thirteenth century. From the 1260s onward, his patrons were members of the upper class in Basel and Straßburg. More than 160 years later, his works were still in great demand. Beside the Berlin manuscript of The Trojan War, there are two other manuscripts from Lauber’s workshop from this period (1443–1447) that have survived through the centuries. The Berlin State Library’s copy from the heyday of Lauber’s workshop shows several typical features of the manuscripts produced at this place. It is unusually large for a vernacular manuscript (41.5 cm × 28.5 cm), and written on high quality paper. The text is richly illustrated. It contains an index at the very beginning of the manuscript and offers picture headings. As is often seen in the manuscripts produced by the Lauber workshop, the romance text starts with an illustration followed by a page with a big, colourful initial.

Object Details

• Location: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany -- Ms. germ. fol. 1
• Extent: 7, 453 Bl.
• Material: paper
• Language: Deutsch
• Notes: P_Sondermat_Hss

References and Relationships

• Series: Handschriften digital ; Art of Reading in the Middle Ages: previously digitised item

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: reading culture ; Medieval (European) ; Reading culture (medieval) ; Reading culture (courtly) ; Reading culture (urban)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Konrad <von Würzburg>
• Contributor: Lauber, Diebolt
• Time of origin: Hagenau , 1445

Further information

• Sponsorship: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
• PURL: http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0000EB8400000000
• Last update: 14.04.2025, 1:24 PM CEST