Lisa Fagin Davis
@lisafdavis.bsky.social
Medievalist, Paleographer, Codicologist, Voynichologist; Executive Director, @medievalacademy.bsky.social; Brown Univ. and Yale Univ. alum; PhD; Red Sox fan
lol, yes, in the decoration chapter!
January 25, 2026 at 4:58 PM
lol, yes, in the decoration chapter!
January 25, 2026 at 4:55 PM
giving "Six" vibes, or actually vice versa
January 24, 2026 at 2:30 PM
giving "Six" vibes, or actually vice versa
I believe that a musical-medievalists karaoke night is in our future...
January 24, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I believe that a musical-medievalists karaoke night is in our future...
And are we all aware that Jane Krakowski originated the role of Dinah in the Broadway production?
January 24, 2026 at 2:25 PM
And are we all aware that Jane Krakowski originated the role of Dinah in the Broadway production?
(I'll add that the 1984 casting was super-racist... I hope they manage it differently these days)
January 24, 2026 at 2:16 PM
(I'll add that the 1984 casting was super-racist... I hope they manage it differently these days)
OMG I've never met anyone else in my life who knows that show! I saw the West End production in 1984 and was OBSESSED with the soundtrack. "Only He" was my audition song for years!
January 24, 2026 at 2:15 PM
OMG I've never met anyone else in my life who knows that show! I saw the West End production in 1984 and was OBSESSED with the soundtrack. "Only He" was my audition song for years!
You're doing such important work, Catherine! The reviewer clearly missed the point.
January 23, 2026 at 2:01 PM
You're doing such important work, Catherine! The reviewer clearly missed the point.
Interesting! I assumed that the separate foliation series implied distinct manuscripts later combined. Is the foliation original or added? All by one hand or many?
January 22, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Interesting! I assumed that the separate foliation series implied distinct manuscripts later combined. Is the foliation original or added? All by one hand or many?
7) one problem is that he uses arabic numerals in parentheses to indicate two different things: the foliation, and the ordinal of missing leaves. That's some really unneccessary complexity.
January 22, 2026 at 1:11 PM
7) one problem is that he uses arabic numerals in parentheses to indicate two different things: the foliation, and the ordinal of missing leaves. That's some really unneccessary complexity.
6) the collation itself is not particularly complicated, but expressing it this way adds unnecessary complexity.
January 22, 2026 at 1:10 PM
6) the collation itself is not particularly complicated, but expressing it this way adds unnecessary complexity.
4) you can indeed have a "cancel" in a manuscript - BUT the implication is that the leaf was bound as a bifolium with the conjoint later removed. Can this be proven in this case? Otherwise, I'd just call it a singleton and indicate where the stub comes through.
January 22, 2026 at 1:08 PM
4) you can indeed have a "cancel" in a manuscript - BUT the implication is that the leaf was bound as a bifolium with the conjoint later removed. Can this be proven in this case? Otherwise, I'd just call it a singleton and indicate where the stub comes through.
3) if I were describing this manuscript, I'd separate the two or use a table, with one row per quire.
January 22, 2026 at 1:08 PM
3) if I were describing this manuscript, I'd separate the two or use a table, with one row per quire.
2) In this case, the parentheticals are all about the foliation. It's not a bad idea to combine them in a case like this that seems to be made up of several pre-existing manuscripts. BUT...
January 22, 2026 at 1:08 PM
2) In this case, the parentheticals are all about the foliation. It's not a bad idea to combine them in a case like this that seems to be made up of several pre-existing manuscripts. BUT...
OK, here's my take. 1) the point of a collation statement is to summarize the manuscript's structure clearly and efficiently. This statement had one job to do, and it failed.
January 22, 2026 at 1:08 PM
OK, here's my take. 1) the point of a collation statement is to summarize the manuscript's structure clearly and efficiently. This statement had one job to do, and it failed.
what @fragmentarium.bsky.social said!
January 16, 2026 at 9:17 PM
what @fragmentarium.bsky.social said!