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Many* scribes were women it appears. (www.popsci.com)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one to c/history@hexbear.net

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*Had miscommunication between brain & fingers. My bad.

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[–] Muinteoir_Saoirse@hexbear.net 17 points 4 days ago

This article posits that at least 1% of scribes of medieval manuscripts were women, potentially more, but that's a far cry from "most"