| 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 |
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.[1] For many of the texts it is the sole surviving source, which makes the manuscript highly significant for the history of German literature.[2] The manuscript also attests to an enduring taste for the poetry of the MHG classical period among the upper classes.[3]
- ^ Janota 1989, p. 323.
- ^ Menhardt 1961, p. 1477.
- ^ Gärtner 2004, p. 3033.