First, researchers turned to an existing catalogue of Benedictine colophons, reviewing all 23,774 entries for linguistic ...

Women contributed more extensively to Medieval manuscript production ... Unlike many in the art world, we are not beholden to large corporations or billionaires. Our journalism is funded ...

In the Middle Ages, as today, visual art offered an avenue to explore, affirm, and sometimes challenge social roles and relationships. Medieval people defined themselves and their neighbors through ...

Previous work provided compelling evidence of women's roles in such environments yet was not designed to offer broad-scale quantitative assessments. In the study, "How Many Medieval and Early ...

New research suggests that women were the scribes of at least 1.1 percent of manuscripts in the Latin West between 400 and 1500 C.E.

Dr Grollemond says the purpose of marginalia has been long debated by medieval art historians. Some say they're satire, others say they demonstrate the ideas of the manuscript, and others say they ...

Medieval art is full of unicorns ... Each of the six tapestries features a woman, dressed in very fine clothing and jewellery ...