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Claricia or Clarica was a 13th-century German illuminator. She is noted for including a
Middle Ages Women Artists
German manuscript illuminators 13th-century German artists 13th-century German women Romanesque artists German women painters 13th-century women artists 14th-century women artists Medieval German women artists {{Germany-painter-stub
Claricia or Clarica was a 13th-century German illuminator. She is noted for including a self-portrait
Self-portraits are Portrait painting, portraits artists make of themselves. Although self-portraits have been made since the earliest times, the practice of self-portraiture only gaining momentum in the Early Renaissance in the mid-15th century ...
in a South German psalter
A psalter is a volume containing the Book of Psalms, often with other devotional material bound in as well, such as a liturgical calendar and litany of the Saints. Until the emergence of the book of hours in the Late Middle Ages, psalters were ...
of c. 1200, now in The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
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. In the self-portrait, she depicts herself as swinging from the tail of a letter Q. Additionally, she inscribed her name over her head.
Feminist studies in the field of literature and medieval art such as Whitney Chadwick and Dorothy Miner uncovered Claricia's work in one of her manuscripts. "Claricia’s hand is just one of several in this manuscript, leading Dorothy Miner to conclude on the basis of her dress – uncovered head, braided hair, and a close-fitting tunic under a long-waisted dress with long tapering points hanging from the sleeves – that she was probably a lay student at the convent."
There is controversy regarding Claricia's occupation. Scholars such as Miner believe that Claricia was a lay woman – possibly a high-born lady – active in a convent scriptorium in Augsburg
Augsburg ( , ; ; ) is a city in the Bavaria, Bavarian part of Swabia, Germany, around west of the Bavarian capital Munich. It is a College town, university town and the regional seat of the Swabia (administrative region), Swabia with a well ...
. Some rejected that she was employed as a convent assistant, noting that the language of the psalm was derogatory.
See also
*List of German women artists
This is a list of women artists who were born in Germany or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.
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* Louise Abel (1841–1907), German-born Norwegian photographer
* Tomma Abts (born 1967), abstract painter
* Elisabeth von Ad ...
* Guda (nun)
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