ler ▁(" The ▁Chan cell or ", ▁ 2 nd ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁century , ▁possibly ▁A lem ann ic ) ▁ ▁Man us cript ▁history ▁The ▁compilation ▁of ▁the ▁code x ▁was ▁patron ized ▁by ▁the ▁Man esse ▁family ▁of ▁Zürich , ▁pres umably ▁by ▁R üd iger ▁II ▁Man esse ▁( born ▁before ▁ 1 2 5 2 , ▁died ▁after ▁ 1 3 0 4 ). ▁The ▁house ▁of ▁Man esse ▁decl ined ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 4 th ▁century , ▁s elling ▁their ▁castle ▁in ▁ 1 3 9 3 . ▁The ▁fate ▁of ▁the ▁code x ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 5 th ▁century ▁is ▁unknown , ▁but ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 5 9 0 s ▁it ▁had ▁passed ▁into ▁possession ▁of ▁baron ▁Johann ▁Philipp ▁of ▁H oh ens ax ▁ ▁( two ▁of ▁whose ▁for eb ears ▁are ▁port rayed ▁in ▁the ▁code x , ▁on ▁fol l . ▁ 4 8 v ▁and ▁ 5 9 v ). ▁In ▁ 1 6 0 4 , ▁Mel ch ior ▁Gold ast ▁published ▁ex cer pts ▁of ▁its ▁did actic ▁texts . ▁ ▁After ▁ 1 6 5 7 ▁it ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁French ▁royal ▁library , ▁from ▁which ▁it ▁passed ▁to ▁the ▁Bibliothèque ▁N ationale , ▁where ▁the ▁manuscript ▁was ▁studied ▁by ▁Jacob ▁Gr imm ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 5 . ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 8 , ▁after ▁long ▁b arg aining , ▁it ▁was ▁sold ▁to ▁the ▁Bibli othe ca