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Women and Work
100
The name of the person who wrote the text in a manuscript
Scribe
100
People didn't have sugar so they used this to sweeten their food
Honey
100
These were hammered into thin sheets to make gold leaf
Gold coins
100
These women usually ran the hospitals
Nuns
100
What was a noblewoman's duties?
To run the household
200
What is the decorated border surrounding the text in an illuminated manuscript called?
Marginalia
200
Salt was primarily used for this purpose
To preserve meats
200
What was the beautiful handwriting used in the manuscripts called?
Calligraphy
200
Fabric most women made their clothes out of
Wool
200
Who were the best educated women in Europe?
Nuns
300
Vellum is made from this
Animal (calf) skin
300
Swan, peacock and duck are some of the foods that these people ate
Nobles
300
The person who turned animal skins into vellum
Parchmenter
300
Men and women enjoyed playing this popular board game
Chess
300
These women delivered most of the babies in the Middle Ages
Midwives
400
Why did illuminators burnish gold leaf?
To make it shine
400
These women covered their hair at all times
Married women
400
These are found at the beginning of a new section or paragraph of text
Decorated letters
400
This is what women in towns did with their garbage
Threw it out the window
400
The women who took care of noblewomen's babies
Nursemaids or cradle rockers
500
Why did illuminators include miniature paintings in their work?
To help explain the text since most people couldn't read
500
Women could not spend time alone with a man unless he was one of these
Husband, father, brother or priest
500
This method was used instead of a ruler to keep straight lines of text in a manuscript
Tiny holes were made in the vellum as guides for ruling
500
Women used fruits, flowers, soil and animal fat to make this
Make-up
500
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