Margareta Karthäuserin
Margareta Karthäuserin was a mid-15th century nun at the Dominican convent of Saint Catherine in Nuremberg and an exceptionally skilled scribe.[1]
According to some historians, Margareta was sent from Schönensteinbach to help the Nuremberg convent with the Dominican reform movement.[1] The nuns of the convent collected a large library full of books that catered to the needs of reformed individuals. Many of these texts they copied themselves.[2] Of these nuns, Margareta was considered one of the most skilled scribes. According to C. G. von Murr, between the years of 1458 and 1470, she copied eight large choir-books which in later years could have been found in the Nuremberg town library.[3] Aside from this, she also wrote the Pars Aestivalis of a Missal (1463) and the Pars Hiemalis. The latter was copied with the help of another nun from the same convent, Margareta Imhof (1452).[3]
References
- ^ a b Taylor, Jane (1997). Women and the Book: Assessing the Visual Evidence. University of Toronto Press. p. 125. ISBN 0-8020-8069-3.
- ^ Taylor, Jane (1997). Women and the Book: Assessing the Visual Evidence. University of Toronto Press. p. 129. ISBN 0-8020-8069-3.
- ^ a b Dodgson, Campbell (1903). Catalogue of early German and Flemish woodcuts preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. London: Printed by order of the Trustees. p. 139.