04-11-2021, 09:01 PM
I have recently read a blog post in which it is assumed that the VMS is a work of women. Addressees of the manuscript are also ( mainly ) women. This thesis raises a number of questions, here are some of them:
Are there coded works which were demonstrably created by women ?
Is it possible to deduce from the pictorial representation in the VMS in any way that the themes are primarily women-specific ?
Can the low number of depictions of male characters be explained by the assumption that mainly "women's issues" are dealt with?
What kind of topics can be addressed concretely ( for example bathing rules / hygiene ) ?
Which female authors would come into question in the period of origin of the VMS ?
To be clear, I think this thesis is rather questionable but at least worth to be discussed. Until now it seems to me to be an unspoken basic assumption that the VMS is a work of male authors.
Are there coded works which were demonstrably created by women ?
Is it possible to deduce from the pictorial representation in the VMS in any way that the themes are primarily women-specific ?
Can the low number of depictions of male characters be explained by the assumption that mainly "women's issues" are dealt with?
What kind of topics can be addressed concretely ( for example bathing rules / hygiene ) ?
Which female authors would come into question in the period of origin of the VMS ?
To be clear, I think this thesis is rather questionable but at least worth to be discussed. Until now it seems to me to be an unspoken basic assumption that the VMS is a work of male authors.