2021年3月8日 · From ancient Mesopotamian scribes like Amat-Mamu to illuminators like Enda to famous poets like Christine de Pizan, female scribes existed in all regions and time periods.

2021年10月20日 · The Unheralded Women Scribes Who Brought Medieval Manuscripts to Life A new book by scholar Mary Wellesley spotlights the anonymous artisans behind Europe’s richly …

2022年6月1日 · Women scribes of the medieval period lived under much harsher conditions than their male counterparts, and had to make do with less of everything, from training, to food, to …

2017年3月8日 · Recently, we received a query asking, 'Which is the earliest European manuscript in the British Library’s collections that was created by a female scribe?' The short answer is: …

History celebrates a handful of exceptional women from the Middle Ages, like Hrotsvit of Gandersheim (10th century), whose plays are the first of which we know written by a woman in …

2023年11月29日 · Although early medieval English manuscripts that explicitly identify their scribe (s) are scarce, secondary evidence, such as letters mentioning female scribes or writing …

The two most famous female writers of the period, Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe, aren’t always as well known outside of those who have taken university classes in medieval literature …

Using the manuscript evidence - female signatures and names inscribed in manuscripts - it has become clear that Middle English women were actively engaged in the literary and textual …

2019年1月9日 · Recordkeeping at medieval women’s monasteries was limited, as are surviving manuscripts, but scholars have identified 4,000 books attributed to more than 400 women …

2011年4月19日 · Among the named scribes of Findern are at least two Derbyshire gentry women– Elizabeth Cotton and Elizabeth Francis, whose names appear at the end of the …