A team at the University of Bergen in Norway have determined that a minimum of 1.1% of medieval manuscripts from around 800 to 1626 CE were copied by female scribes, with a probable total exceeding ...

However, long held assumptions that it was only men who did this kind of work are finally being challenged thanks to new research into the previously ignored role of women scribes. The paper ...

But what about the women? A new study reveals that female scribes played a far more significant role in medieval book production than previously thought. And their contributions have been hiding ...

Women worked as scribes in both religious settings and “lay workshops,” according to prior research. “While remarkable examples of Medieval manuscripts penned by women are well known from ...

More female scribes from this period have likely yet to be identified. Though past research has turned up a handful of medieval manuscripts penned by women, the study provides “statistical ...