Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 10021
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Edmunds , Sheila.
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  • Title: The Life and Work of Clara Hatzlerin [Hatzlerin was a scribe in Augsburg who has nine signed surviving manuscripts. She lived with her brother, a notary, and was commissioned to produce books for wealthy citizens. The article concludes with a descriptive catalog of her nine known manuscripts. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Journal of the Early Book Society for the Study of Manuscripts and Printing History 2, ( 1999): Pages 1 - 25.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Augsburg, Bayern, Germany Economics Hatzlerin, Clara, Scribe Manuscripts Scribes and Scriptoria Work
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  • Geographic Area: Germany
  • Century: 15
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  • Illustrations: Six figures. Figure One Clare of Assisi as a scribe, German, late fifteenth century (Karlsruhe, Badische Landesbibliothek, HS Thennenbach 4, fol. 1v.). Figure Two First page of "Buch von der Falknerei," written by Clara Hätzlerin and dated 1468 (Karlsruhe, Badische Landesbibliothek, HS. Don. 830). Figure Three First page of Wildsgefert's "Heiligen Leben," vol. 1 written by Clara Hätzlerln before 1470 (Salzburg, Bibliothek St. Peter, HS. b XII 19a). Figure Four Last page of the "Heiligen Leben," vol. 1, fol. 244 with Clara Hätzlerin's signature. Figure Five Detail of the introductory paragraph, "Heiligen Leben," vol. 1. Figure Six Detail of Clara's signature "Heiligen Leben," vol. 1, fol. 244.
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  • Author's Affiliation: Wells College
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  • Year of Publication: 1999.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 15256790