▁Pal at ina ▁of ▁Heidel berg , ▁following ▁a ▁public ▁subscription ▁head ed ▁by ▁William ▁I ▁and ▁Otto ▁von ▁B ism ar ck . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁critical ▁ed itions ▁of ▁the ▁Code x ▁Man esse ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁nin ete enth ▁century . ▁The ▁code x ▁is ▁frequently ▁referred ▁to ▁by ▁Minn es ang ▁sch ol ars ▁and ▁in ▁ed itions ▁simply ▁by ▁the ▁abbre viation ▁C , ▁introduced ▁by ▁Karl ▁L ach mann , ▁who ▁used ▁A ▁and ▁B ▁for ▁the ▁two ▁main ▁earlier ▁Minn es ang ▁cod ices ▁ ▁( the ▁Kle ine ▁Heidel berger ▁L ieder hand schrift ▁and ▁the ▁We ing art ner ▁L ieder hand schrift ▁respectively ). ▁ ▁Two ▁leaves ▁of ▁a ▁ 1 5 th - century ▁copy ▁of ▁the ▁manuscript , ▁called ▁the ▁Tro ß sche ▁Fragment ▁( T ross ▁Fragment ), ▁were ▁held ▁in ▁the ▁Berlin ▁State ▁Library , ▁but ▁went ▁missing ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 5 . ▁ ▁Modern ▁reception ▁The ▁possibility ▁that ▁the ▁compiler ▁was ▁the ▁Minn es inger ▁Johannes ▁Had la ub ▁provided ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁a ▁po etic ▁nov ella , ▁" H ad la ub " ▁( in ▁the ▁Zür icher ▁Nov ellen , ▁ 1 8 7 8 ), ▁by ▁Gott fried ▁K eller . ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁References ▁Walter ▁Kos chor reck ▁and ▁Wil fried ▁Werner , ▁edit ors , ▁Kom ment ar ▁zum ▁F ak sim ile ▁des ▁Code x ▁Man esse : ▁Die ▁gros se ▁Heidel berger ▁L ieder hand schrift ▁(