Is the VMS a work of female authors ?

[R. Sale]

There are various examples of illustrations, in resurrection scenes or depictions of bathers, where men were represented as pretty much featureless all the way down. Seems to me there's a strong influence of 'cultural expectations' at play in these instances, where the artists were often male. There's always the old fig leaf or some fabulously floating flit of fabric to provide the essential coverage. Of course, that isn't *always* the case, but it does predominate.

It also goes back to the discussion where feminine gender nouns are given female presonas.

Did a woman write the VMs? Did a woman draw the VMs illustrations? Were there women scribes? Any and all are certainly possible, but the VMs retains its ambiguity.