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Why a Medieval Woman Had Lapis Lazuli Hidden in Her Teeth
An analysis of dental plaque illuminates the forgotten history of female scribes.
#ancientscribes #medievalart #genderroles

[theatlantic.com]

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Agnostic.com is about learning. This is a great example of spreading reality. Thanks.

JacarC Level 8 Jan 13, 2019
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I saw this. Wasn't the part where they sent it to "Masters in their field" types and they said there was no way a woman could have done the work?

Hathacat Level 9 Jan 10, 2019
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Fabulous

Amisja Level 8 Jan 10, 2019
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Fascinating. Thank you for sharing the link 🙂

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I had to read most of the article to even get a clue about how Lapis was hidden below her gum-line....it's weird...

"The woman was (probably) a painter who could have ingested ultramarine paint while licking her brush to a point, or she breathed in the powder while preparing pigment for herself or someone else. You can almost begin to picture her, Beach says, sitting by herself laboring over a manuscript day after day. “For a medieval historian,” she adds, “this kind of clear material evidence of something from the life of an individual person is so extraordinary.”

Very interesting - and more evidence that women were the severely oppressed ‘silent majority” of artists and writers for most of history.

Robecology Level 9 Jan 10, 2019
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