| Codex Falkensteinensis | |
|---|---|
| Archives of the Bavarian state | |
 Count's family in the manuscript | |
| Also known as | Codex diplomaticus Falkensteinensis Liber traditionum comitatus Neuenburg-Falkenstein |
| Date | 1166 |
| Place of origin | Bavaria |
| Language(s) | Latin (Middle High German version lost) |
| Patron | Siboto IV |
The Codex Falkensteinensis (also referred to as Codex diplomaticus Falkensteinensis or Liber traditionum comitatus Neuenburg-Falkenstein) is an important medieval manuscript. It was written in 1166 as a feud directory and urbarium by Canons of the Herrenchiemsee monastery, commissioned by the Counts of Neuburg-Falkenstein. Composed at the Neuburg castle near Vagen it is considered the only preserved secular codex from the Hohenstaufen era, the oldest extant book of conveyances from a secular lordship[1] and the oldest European family archive.[2] The original Latin version is preserved in the archives of the Bavarian state, a second Middle High German edition is lost.
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- ^ Freed, John B. (January 2006). "The Creation of the Codex Falkensteinensis (1166): Self-Representation and Reality". Representations of Power in Medieval Germany. International Medieval Research. 16: 189–210. doi:10.1484/M.IMR-EB.3.3440. ISBN 978-2-503-51815-2.