Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1d
Women Played a More Important Role in Producing Medieval Manuscripts Than Previously ThoughtNew research suggests that women were the scribes of at least 1.1 percent of manuscripts in the Latin West between 400 and ...
MIT professor of literature Arthur Bahr had one of the best days of his life. Sitting in the British Library, he was allowed ...
The fanciful creatures are among decorative figures that caught the eyes of his six students when they got an up-close look at some illuminated medieval manuscripts. “One of the things we found ...
A study provides new insights into the many overlooked women scribes who wrote manuscripts in the Middle Ages.
“While remarkable examples of Medieval manuscripts penned by women ... or more detailed biographical descriptions. One Latin manuscript analyzed by the researchers read, “I, Birgitta Sigfurs ...
ZME Science on MSN13d
Medieval Female Scribes Were Far More Common Than Previously Thought. At Least 110,000 Medieval Manuscripts Were Copied by WomenFor centuries, the image of a monk hunched over a desk, painstakingly copying manuscripts by candlelight, has dominated our ...
Reflecting on Manuscripts,” which was co-curated by Larisa Grollemond to feature previously unrevealed parts of the museum’s collection of medieval manuscripts. The students’ personal ...
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