[MR] In need of a little help

[Eric Campbell]

I found a reference to a paper on this in Italy during the same time period.

Generative Collaborations: Nuns’ Book Production in Renaissance and
Early Modern Italy
Melissa Moreton, University of Iowa

http://scholarworks.umass.edu/berksconference/Workshops/178/12/

I do not have access to this site unfortunately, i wish I knew someone
at Umass.
-Solvarr



On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Karen <karen_larsdatter at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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
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