11-08-2022, 01:34 PM
The problem is that these things are part of medieval culture in a much broader, more general way. Spinning was basically what women did when they were not occupied in another way. And the soul as a nude figure is common in church art forms, like the last judgement, resurrection of the dead... And while the soul as a female entity was a subject especially popular with women, there were also men who thought of their own soul as female. So while I am an avid supporter of the "souls and spinning" angle, I still have not seen any evidence that would specifically point towards female creators, let alone a specific order.