Die Heidin
Die Heidin is a German illuminated manuscript of a courtly love poem, made around 1470 and held by Heidelberg University Library, written for a noble reading audience. Its pages pair several lines of black-ink German verse with small, brightly coloured miniatures of pale-robed women and young men in fitted tunics standing on flat green ground under plain blue skies. A designer might take the calm spacing of text above framed scenes, and the restrained palette of red, green, and ochre on cream parchment.
