The Books of Remarkable Women by Sarah J. Biggs.
From the post:
In 2011, when we blogged about the Shaftesbury Psalter (which may have belonged to Adeliza of Louvain; see below), we wrote that medieval manuscripts which had belonged to women were relatively rare survivals. This still remains true, but as we have reviewed our blog over the past few years, it has become clear that we must emphasize the relative nature of the rarity – we have posted literally dozens of times about manuscripts that were produced for, owned, or created by a number of medieval women.
A good example of why I think topic maps have so much to offer for preservation of cultural legacy.
While each of the books covered in this post are important historical artifacts, their value is enhanced by the context of their production, ownership, contemporary practices, etc.
All of which lies outside the books proper. Just as data about data, the so-called “metadata,” usually lies outside its information artifact.
If future generations are going to have better historical context than we do for many items, we had best get started writing them.