[MR] In need of a little help

[Karen]

Daniella asked:
> Does anyone know of any documentation that shows women as
> scribes during the Renaissance?  Specifically for England during
> the time period of Henry VIII?
 
There's several scribes (and authors & poets depicted in the midst of writing their works) at
http://larsdatter.com/scribaltools.htm
 
I don't think there are any female scribes specifically from early 16th century England in there, but there's a couple of works from around that time period that might be useful -- check out the Magdalene at her writing-desk, and "A Girl Writing," too.  One of the images of the signboard of the schoolmaster Myconius includes a female writing instructor.
 
(There's also the women in Ovid's Heroides [BNF Fr. 873], but I don't know if they're too early or too fantastical for what you're looking for.)
 
 
Karen Larsdatter
www.larsdatter.com