05-11-2021, 04:33 PM
(04-11-2021, 10:04 PM)Koen G wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.And conversely, Hildegard was a woman but there are plenty of men in the Scivias illustrations (Prophets, other biblical figures, normal people...).
Hildegard gave her visions to the scribe, monk Vollmar, to write the manuscript. One can assume that also the illustrations were made by someone else. If the illustrator was also a man (monk), then this could of course have had an influence on the design.
For the VMS it is also conceivable that the authors have passed on their work to create the manuscript. Then both men and women could have taken over the transcription and illustrations in a monastery ( less likely ) or in a workshop. However, the uniqueness of the VMS in image and writing speaks against this. This rather suggests that the authors were also writers and illustrators. It would be then so to speak everything from one hand. Therein lies a chance, because if one could determine ( for example ) by the writing the sex, then one could draw also conclusions on the authors.