Scholars today credit Guda with being one of the first women in western civilization to create a signed self-portrait. In addition to serving as a self-portrait, this illustrated initial can also be considered a portrait signature, identifying Guda as both an individual and a scribe. Her inscription, "Guda, a sinner, wrote and painted this book," was used to confess to her sinful way, along with describing herself as an artist in hope of increasing her chance for salvation.
John Chrysostom, a position ideal for witnessing the Second Coming of Christ. Her self portrait was symbolically placed in the ninth homily of St. Bartholomew (now in the Frankfurt am Main, Staatsbibliothek). Guda created a self-portrait in an initial letter in the 12th century Homiliary of St. She was one of the first woman to create a self-portrait in a manuscript, setting a precedent for female medieval illuminators and manuscript writers in the subsequent centuries. Guda was a 12th-century nun and illuminator.
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