Female Manuscript Illuminators

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Female Manuscript Illuminators

1papyri
Editado: Dez 23, 2020, 9:53 pm

Tiny bits of blue pigment found on the teeth of a medieval German woman reveal that more than 850 years ago this woman was very likely involved decorating manuscripts.

Read the article or listen to the broadcast from NPR.

A Blue Clue In Medieval Teeth May Bespeak A Woman's Artistry Circa A.D. 1000

2lilithcat
Jan 22, 2019, 11:00 pm

>1 papyri:

You might want to edit you post to eliminate that last link, which leads to the "new topic" page for this group.

Here's an article on the subject from The History Blog: http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/53944

And here's a link to the article and data: http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/1/eaau7126

3aspirit
Dez 18, 2020, 10:49 pm

I saw this news when it came out. How the materials we interact with remain with us is interesting!

>1 papyri: The year was left out on the link text: circa 1000 CE.

According to an entry on Wikipedia, a woman by the name of Ende, or En, worked in the 10th century on the illuminations for Beatus of Girona. The sources cited are Women, Art, and Society by Whitney Chadwick and Women Artists: 1550-1950 by Anne Sutherland Harris and Linda Nochlin.

Images in Wiki Commons

4papyri
Editado: Dez 23, 2020, 9:52 pm

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