How many medieval and early modern manuscripts were copied by female scribes? A bibliometric analysis based on colophons

Of the 23774 colophons in the collection (Benedictines, 1965-1982), a total of 254 (were identified as having been written by female scribes, corresponding to 1.1% (95% confidence interval: 0.9% to 1.2%). A complete list of the colophons…