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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 19h

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 · 19h

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

oooh, I do love a 🦇📖!

Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 1d

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

www.youtube.com

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

Totally insane!

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Joseph Finder @josephfinderbooks.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 6d

Well-played, @merriam-webster.com

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

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 · 6d

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 · 7d

and who shall I say is calling...

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The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast @mmapod.bsky.social · 7d

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!

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 7d

Important update: the @redsox.com are up 1-0 on the Yankees. At least for this one moment, all is right in the world.

Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 7d

Post-season, here we go! LET'S GO #REDSOX! #medievalistswholovebaseball

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 7d

YOSHIDA!!!! LFG!!!

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 7d

lol

Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 7d

Post-season, here we go! LET'S GO #REDSOX! #medievalistswholovebaseball

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 7d

always and forever

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 7d

Today in my @simmonsuniversity.bsky.social LIS class, 2,000 years of Latin Paleography in three hours! LFG!

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

This will be terrific!

Matthew Holford @matthewholford.bsky.social · 8d

Next Wednesday 8th October, 12.30-1.30: Jiří Vnouček on "A Tale of Two Parchments" - insular and continental parchment preparation.
In person: @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Weston Library, Lecture Theatre
Or livestreamed.
Free: book here visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/oct25/...

A tale of two parchments

In this talk, Dr. Jiří Vnouček discusses differences in species choice and membrane preparation of 'Insular' and 'Continental' parchment used for book-making in the early Middle Ages.

visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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

North End sunset!

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

Meanwhile today's game in Boston will be the least important baseball game in history! I wouldn't be surprised if they pull my son out of the stands to play centerfield...

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

Nothing surprises me anymore!

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 11d

My favorite slide from yesterday's #Voynich lecture at the University of Toronto...particularly à propos since Jimmy Doohan was Canadian!

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 11d

It will be posted soon - I'll post the link when it's available!

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 11d

Yes!

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 11d

What an absolute joy to present the computational and codicological #Voynich work Colin Layfield and I have been compiling for nearly a year! Many thanks to the U. Toronto Centre for Medieval Studies for inviting me. For those of you who missed it, I'll post the video link when it's available!

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