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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 8h

WORLD CHAMPION MANUSCRIPT

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 1d

😂

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 1d

Reunited! ❤️

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning from @amtrak.com! On my way to New Haven to hang out with my favorite manuscript in my favorite library with some of my favorite people! 😎

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 2d

Ok, people, here's my @utoronto.ca Medieval Studies #Voynich lecture! I've got BIG NEWS to report about the potential original structure of the manuscript. Check it out! (new material starts around minute 14) www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH28...

Lisa Fagin Davis: "The Materiality of the Voynich Manuscript"

YouTube video by U of T CMS

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 2d

I'll let her know!

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 3d

@rarebookschool.bsky.social doesn't generally accept high school students but they made an exception for Gauri in my Fragmentology class last summer. I am so proud of her! LOOK WHAT SHE DID! #IIIF #MedievalSky timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices...

Bridging archives: The role of IIIF in global manuscript preservation

India’s manuscript tradition is among the richest in the world, spanning centuries, languages, and disciplines. Yet, much of this vast repository remains fragmented, fragile, and inaccessible. The tec...

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations @jdsargan.bsky.social! I'm so thrilled that the @medievalacademy.bsky.social could support the #OA publication of your work!

J.D. Sargan @jdsargan.bsky.social · 3d

It's true: I wrote a book. And what's more, the book is done and soon you'll be able to own a copy. And what's more more, if you want a hard copy you can order one for 50% off now, with the code SAR50. And if you want it digitally, it'll be open access!

www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...

Trans Histories of the Medieval Book - Arc Humanities Press

Archival collections are political spaces: the decisions that govern whose histories are preserved, when, and by whom are not neutral. They reflect the commu...

www.arc-humanities.org

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 4d

Not an actual Calvin & Hobbes comic, but pretty funny just the same! And, in case you didn't already know how far gone I actually am, the Voynichese text in the last panel is from folio 15v... (h/t @theefantomas.bsky.social) #Voynich

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 4d

Ha! I love this! And, in case you didn't already know how far gone I actually am, the Voynichese text in the last panel is from folio 15v! 😎

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American Council of Learned Societies @acls1919.bsky.social · 5d

ACLS has released a statement regarding the White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”: bit.ly/3IviMig

We call for the immediate rejection of the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”...No institution that is committed to the free pursuit of knowledge should submit to the degradation of autonomy and academic freedom contained in it. -ACLS Statement Regarding White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 5d

oooh, I do love a 🦇📖!

Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 5d

Oh boy, on Oct 16, @leoba.bsky.social is showing Rosenbach Museum & Library MS 1004/29, a mid-14thC physician's belt w/ calendar, tables of solar & lunar eclipses, anatomical phlebotomy diagram, & urine wheel. A 🦇 book, b/c it unfolds like a pair of 🦇 wings. libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/14872116

Coffee with a Codex On The Road: Bat Book at the Rosenbach

An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different...

libcal.library.upenn.edu

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 5d

Just noticed that my @sims-mss.bsky.social 2024 Plenary is online, in which I explore the #MedievalManuscript #OpenAccess ecosystem, including @iiif.bsky.social, @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social, Digital Mappa, and the Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDwQ...

17th Annual Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age: Nov. 21, 2024, Keynote

YouTube video by SchoenbergInstitute

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 5d

Totally insane!

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Joseph Finder @josephfinderbooks.bsky.social · 7d

A great article about the massive renovation project facing the Boston Public Library, which is not just a jewel of the city but a national treasure. www.boston.com/news/the-bos...

A locked door and myriad treasures beyond, in vast rooms deemed unusable at Boston Public Library

The resplendence of the Boston Public Library’s McKim Building unfolds with each step up the grand staircase.

www.boston.com

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 10d

Well-played, @merriam-webster.com

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 10d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 10d

Wishing a peaceful and introspective Yom Kippur to all who participate, and a very easy fast.

(the image is the opening of the Kol Nidre prayer on folio 74v of the fourteenth-century Leipzig Mahzor, vol. 1)

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 10d

and who shall I say is calling...

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The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast @mmapod.bsky.social · 10d

Our next episode and collaboration with the journal Speculum is out now! #speculumspotlight

Learn about medieval gift giving and the importance of equestrian culture in cultural exchanges between China and Europe!