(24-11-2024, 09:59 PM)argo2001 wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.What would the gender of the scribe change? I've read that there were female scriptoriums in Europe, do you want to pinpoint location? Or are you just curious.
It really is just curiosity at first. The point about female scribes in medieval scriptoriums is also of interest as it would support speculation about a (central) European origin. As a presumed commissioned work, however, nothing could be deduced about the content of the VMS. The situation would be different for a group of women from outside the scriptoriums. Perhaps we would then have the wise women mentioned by @LisaFaginDavis who wrote down their knowledge at some point, who knows.
Edit: The VMS could of course also have originated in a scribal workshop outside the monasteries. There is evidence that there were also female scribes there. Since they were also organized in guilds, one could also conclude that the origin was in one of the large cities.