[MR] In need of a little help

[David Chessler]

Christiane de Pisan worked in Paris. She was a scribe and an author of,
inter-alia, feminist tracts.

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Received: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:36:36 AM EDT
From: Karen <karen_larsdatter at yahoo.com>
To: Danielle Scott <ladydanielabh at hotmail.com>Cc: The Merry Rose
<atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Subject: Re: [MR] In need of a little help

> 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
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