Crests in the Manesse Codex

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Above each crest appears the folio number and the modern German version of the heading for the page on which it appears. Clicking on any number should take you to the Heidelberg University Library page for that folio, where you can see the crest in its original context.

Table 3: Unrelated Crests

This table includes crests that appear with escutcheons or shields with which they have no heraldic elements (other than, in a few cases, some tinctures) in common. Among these are:

18 crests that resemble three-dimensional heraldic charges (just not the ones from the accompanying devices), and
12 crests that look more like funny hats than anything you'd expect to see on a shield.

König Tyro von Schotten
(8r)

Der Herzog von Anhalt
(17r)

Herzog Johann von Brabant
(18r)

Graf Kraft von Toggenburg
(22v)

Markgraf Heinrich von Meißen
(14v)

Graf Friedrich von Leiningen
(26r)

Graf Wernher von Homberg
(43v)

Herr Walther von Klingen
(52r)

Bruder Eberhard von Sax
(48v)

Herr Heinrich von Sax
(59v)

Herr Heinrich von Stretlingen
(70v)

Herr Meinloh von Sevelingen
(120v)

Von Singenberg, Truchseß zu St. Gallen
(151r)

Herr Walther von Metze
(166v)

Herr Bligger von Steinach
(182v)

196r

Of course, this shield might have matched the crest, eventually, if the artist had finished the picture.

Herr Ulrich von Lichtenstein
(237r)

Von Buchheim
(271r)

Herr Konrad von Altstetten
(249v)

Von Raute
(248v)

Albrecht Marschall von Rapperswil
(192v)

Herr Otto vom Turne
(194r)

Herr Bergner von Horheim
(178r)

Herr Ulrich von Gutenburg
(73r)

Der Schenk von Limpurg
(82v)

Johann von Ringgenberg
(190v)

Von Munegiur
(247v)

König Wenzel von Böhmen
(10r)

König Wenzel von Böhmen
(10r)

Markgraf Otto von Brandenburg
(13r)

Table 4: Crests That Stand Alone

This table contains 15 crests (17 if you count the horses' crests separately from their riders') that are not associated with shields or escutcheons.

Der Herzog von Anhalt
(17r)

Der Herzog von Anhalt
(17r)

Der Herzog von Anhalt
(17r)

Der Herzog von Anhalt
(17r)

Herzog Johann von Brabant
(18r)

Graf Wernher von Homberg
(43v)

Herr Goesli von Ehenheim
(197v)

Herr Goesli von Ehenheim
(197v)

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