Unexpected Discovery Illuminates Women's Role in Creating Medieval Manuscripts (Originallay aired March 4, 2019)

Guest: Alison Beach, Professor of Medieval History, Ohio State University In Medieval times, before the printing press was invented, books were produced by hand. Monks with outstanding penmanship would spend their lives making painstaking copies. The fanciest books were embellished with colorful designs, and usually the scribe would get no credit for his artistry because his work was done anonymously. I say, “his” because we tend to assume only men did the job in the Middle Ages.