Manesse Codex YI Hand-Fest

Michael Hoffman 11:00 p.m. Feb. 9, 2026

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Contents:

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Scope of Page: Manesse Codex Images and Detail Crops

Complete Book

https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848

Pictures of Poets

Wikipedia Article

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Manesse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Manesse#External_links

The Codex Manesse (YI Hand-Shape Fest) Was Painted by “the Master of the Codex Manesse”; “the Foundation Master”; “the anonymous artists of the Codex Manesse”

Query: Who painted the Codex Manesse? Will I need to say “the Codex Manesse painter” or can I give a person’s name?

https://www.google.com/search?q=Who+painted+the+Codex+Manesse%3F+Will+I+need+to+say+%22the+Codex+Manesse+painter%22+or+can+I+give+a+person%27s+name%3F&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS780US780&oq=Who+painted+the+Codex+Manesse%3F++Will+I+need+to+say+%22the+Codex+Manesse+painter%22+or+can+I+give+a+person%27s+name%3F&aqs=chrome..69i57.26559j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

AI Ans:

“he Codex Manesse (also known as the Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift) was not painted by a single, named individual.

“It was illustrated by at least four anonymous artists in Zurich between approximately 1305 and 1340.

“Because the artists are unknown, you should refer to them as “the Master of the Codex Manesse” or “the Foundation Master”.

“The Foundation Master (Grundstockmaler): This primary artist is credited with 110 of the 137 full-page illuminations.

“Additional Painters: The remaining portraits were created by at least three other, later artists.

“How to Refer to the Artist:

“You should not give a specific personal name (like a single painter’s proper name), as the artists are only known by their stylistic, descriptive names (e.g., “The Master of the Codex Manesse” or “The Foundation Master”).

“Best terminology: “The Master of the Codex Manesse” or “The anonymous artists of the Codex Manesse.”

“Context: The manuscript was commissioned by the Manesse family of Zurich, and the paintings depict 140 different poets.”

Hold Hands at Bell Tower, folio 371r

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Codex Manesse, UB Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. germ. 848, fol. 371r, bottom panel shows Meister Johannes Hadlaub handing a Liederhandschrift to Elisabeth of Wetzikon

The Two Hands in Holding Hands

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Features:

  • upper hand: IY
  • lower hand: Y’I

Meaning:

  • The mind starts with Y, ends up with Y & I [the upper hand];
  • or, more actually/ accurately,
    end up with Y’ & I [the lower hand];
    end up with the I-shaped model & the qualified Y-shaped model.

Hold Hands at Bell Tower: YI Hand Shapes

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Hand with 5 Fingers

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von Trimberg, folio 355r

von Trimberg, Complete Image, Linked Embed

this is an embed of the above link, not a local copy:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Codex_Manesse_S%C3%BC%C3%9Fkind_von_Trimberg.jpg, fullscreen

todo: crop each pair of hands, each person

von Trimberg, Head and Jewish Handle Hat

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von Trimberg: Four Figures

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The Jewish poet Süßkind von Trimberg (on the right) wearing a Jewish hat (Codex Manesse, fourteenth century)

von Trimberg Figure

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von Trimberg Torso

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von Trimberg Torso Tight Crop

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Less space on top & left.

von Trimberg, Upper Part of Figures 3 & 4

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von Trimberg, 4 Pairs of Hands

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von Trimberg: Pair of Hands of Figure 1

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Features:

von Trimberg: Pair of Hands of Figure 2

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von Trimberg: Pair of Hands of Figure 3

von Trimberg Figure 3’s Hands-Pair: Lower Hand and Upper Hand Are Inverse: YI’ vs. Y’I

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von Trimberg: Pair of Hands of Figure 4

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von Trimberg: Each Hand Isolated

Person 1, Upper Hand: IY

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Person 1, Lower Hand: IY

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Person 2, Upper Hand: Y’I

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Person 2, Lower Hand: Y

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Person 3, Upper Hand: IY’

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Person 3, Lower Hand: YI’

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Person 4, Upper Hand: YI

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Person 4, Lower Hand: YI

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Motivation for this Page

I wanted more from vonTrimberg’s painter.

  • Existing problem was: I had lots of crops of the von Trimberg foliio image, but, they were in a page that’s not specialized as a gallery of von Trimberg image or artist other images.
  • The von Trimble painter provides clearly important evidence for understanding the shared lang of medieval hand shapes.
  • Not surprising that a few seconds inspecting another picture from same book, all the hand activity starts yelling signals.
  • My project now is not only read Great Canterbury Psalter, but, describe the mushroom-tree religion.

medieval YI hand shapes
mhs

An hour ago, 10:03 p.m. Feb. 9, 2026, I again went to wiki > jewish hat article, to try to find more images from this artist b/c Trimberg is so excellent and handy for YI hand shapes establishment of standard patterns / sequences of two hands, holding hands.

bias: bottom-up reading, end up with 2POV. Different pov when analyze 1 hand scope, vs. sequence of lower hand (1`-2 phases)

then higher hand: read upper fingers & thumb together.

eg higher hand read as:

  • YI – entire fingers
  • Y’I – partial fingers
  • I’Y – won’t see {cut thumb}
  • I’Y’ – won’t see {cut thumb}

Rule: The Integrated Sequence from Lower to Upper Hand Is More Important than Isolated YI Shape of Lower or Upper Hand

When deciding how to classify the YI branching form of a given hand in medieval art, the dominant context is the pair of hands, it should tell a coherent story:

  1. You begin in ordinary-state possibilism (Y), ignorant of altered-state eternalism (I).
  2. Changes occur. Add I, qualify Y. Add altered-state eternalism (I), qualify or partly repudiate relying only on ordinary-state possibilism (Y).
  3. You end with having two different points of view, two different mental models: I has been added to Y, and Y has been qualified.

Per my …. said before: I long have waited for the day when my work on the Mytheme theory affects

keyboard shortcut

the Egodeath Core theory
ect – expands to egoic control thinking

egoic control thinking
ect

the Mytheme theory
mt

I don’t like my concept-labels (~= keyboard shortcuts; acronyms) for

  • the Egodeath Core theory (sans history/ myth/ analogies)
    • the Cybernetic Theory of Ego Transcendence
    • the general theory of psychedelic eternalism / altered-state eternalism
  • the Mytheme theory includes history/ myth/ analogies/ Rock lyrics.
    • analogy/ myth is the promised theme for the next episode of the Transcendent Knowledge Podcast, tho Max Freakout is currently focused on altered-state cognitive phenomenology.

eternalism-driven control-transformation
edct

the Egodeath Core theory of cybernetic psychedelic eternalism; eternalism-driven control-transformation
ect

the Mytheme theory portion of the Egodeath theory; analogies for eternalism-driven control-transformation
mt

egoic control thinking
eect

See Also

Medieval Hand-Shapes Theory
https://egodeaththeory.org/2026/01/31/hand-shape-theory/

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Michael Hoffman, B.S.E.E., explaining possibilism (lower fingers), altered-state eternalism (lower thumb); & integrated possibilism/ eternalism (upper fingers & thumb)

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Author: egodeaththeory

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