Esther Inglis, 1570-1624: Franco-Scottish Creative Woman

Esther Inglis was a calligrapher, artist, embroiderer, translator and poet, and the first woman in Scotland or England to include a self-portrait with her works. She developed a career making gift manuscripts, in partnership with her husband Bartilmo Kello – intelligencer and clergyman – that brought her into the political realm. She is important to Scottish religious and literary history as part of the network of theologians and humanists, including Andrew Melville, John Johnston and Rober...