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• RE: Is the VMS a work of female authors ?

  bi3mw > 08-06-2023, 02:46 PM

  @merrimacga: On the subject of "women and alchemy" it should be added that Barbara of Cilli (Celje) was intensively engaged in alchemy. Her experiments are recorded in the notes of the Czech alchemist Johann von Laaz, who visited her in the castle above Samobor. In the basement she had a laboratory.
  
  The notes are published in Laaz's work "Via universalis" and in the introduction to the seventh edition of Basil Valentine's Chymical Writings (1717).

• RE: Is the VMS a work of female authors ?

  cvetkakocj@rogers.com > 08-06-2023, 03:36 PM

  (08-06-2023, 02:46 PM)bi3mw Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.@merrimacga: On the subject of "women and alchemy" it should be added that Barbara of Cilli (Celje) was intensively engaged in alchemy. Her experiments are recorded in the notes of the Czech alchemist Johann von Laaz, who visited her in the castle above Samobor, in whose basement she had a laboratory.
  
  The notes are published in Laaz's work "Via universalis" and in the introduction to the seventh edition of Basil Valentine's Chymical Writings (1717).

   
  
  Barbara was also interested in sectarian art, which was also called alchemy, since she was accused of being heretic, not believing in heaven or hell. This reflects the humanistic gnostic thinking that the heaven and hell are the states of mind. This also reflects the thinking of Carthusian monk who was prior at the monasteries supported by Barbara's brother Count Frederic.

• RE: Is the VMS a work of female authors ?

  bi3mw > 11 hours ago

  Far more medieval manuscripts than previously thought were written by women (German-language article):
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  Der Standard Wrote: Åslaug Ommundsen's team found that at least 1.1 percent of all medieval manuscripts were produced by female scribes. That would amount to more than 100,000 books.

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• RE: Is the VMS a work of female authors ?

  Koen G > 10 hours ago

  While the study is limited in scope (is this only in Scandinavia?), it's good to know that ca. 1% was attested somewhere. That yields a nice number in absolute terms, but still remains a tiny percentage.
  
  What would be more interesting is an overview of which kinds of manuscripts were written by these female scribes. Is there a difference compared to the overall output?

• RE: Is the VMS a work of female authors ?

  bi3mw > 10 hours ago

  (10 hours ago)Koen G Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.While the study is limited in scope (is this only in Scandinavia?)

  
  

  Article Wrote:We use the Benedictine Colophon Catalog. .... From 1965 to 1982, the Benedictines at the monastery in Le Bouveret, Switzerland, published a catalog titled "Colophons".

  
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