Lisa Fagin Davis

My first TV crush... 😔https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/arts/television/walter-koenig-chekov-star-trek-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LlE.VMWd.j1-q1clDe1X_&smid=url-share

Took my @simmonsuniversity.bsky.social LIS students to @bpl.boston.gov Special Collections today to visit the manuscripts! See them for yourself here: www.digitalcommonwealth.org/collections/...

"This work helps us think about whether there's actual meaning underneath it all," @lisafdavis.bsky.social told @livescience.com. "It doesn't get us there," she said about a definitive translation, "but it moves the ball." 🧪🏺

It is indeed an illustration of the Solomon-like Gesta Romanorum ch. XLV. But it has no business appearing in a Book of Hours. I would guess that the leaf is actually from a Psalter-Hours, like this somewhat-later example in Morgan M.218. I have yet to find an example illustrating Ps. 43, though.

OK #medievalsky, what is going on here? It's an illustration accompanying Psalm 42 that looks like a page from a Book of Hours but probably isn't. A king on a throne with three other characters, one of whom is shooting arrows at a corpse! Seattle MoA 44.663: art.seattleartmuseum.org/objects/1934...

OMG I have found a way to recover my lost book chapters! I had moved them from my hard drive to my Dropbox teaching folder and transformed them into lectures for this semester's class, but I can recover the original versions from those edited files since they're in the cloud! *sigh of relief*

Hey @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social peeps! It's almost-but-not-quite-too-late to submit your work for the @medievalacademy.bsky.social 2027 DH Prize! Get to it! Self-nominations encouraged and MAA membership is NOT required! www.medievalacademy.org/page/DHPrize

⏳DUE TOMORROW (15 Oct): There’s still time to submit proposals for season 6! #medievalsky www.multiculturalmiddleages.com

This is such a great initiative, encouraging faculty to take advantage of their campus Special Collections. Medievalists take note! More than 500 collections in North America hold pre-1600 manuscripts. There's probably a collection near you! Not sure? Click here! share.google/UdE4bdZQ3i7k...

So grateful to the NY Medieval Society for their support!

Update: Reader, it was not fine. The data is irrecoverable. Most of my work was indeed backed up, so I did not lose any Voynich work, for example, or photos, or files for teaching, but I did lose a few chapters of the textbook I'm writing, which is a bummer. I've got no one to blame but myself!

I'm sure my Surface is FINE and I haven't lost any of my work and it's ALL FINE. UEFI sees the drive, so that seems promising. Booting from recovery USB didn't work, so I'm off to see the Geek Squad. Thoughts and prayers please. And suggestions!

This is a terrific overview of different types of fragmented manuscripts, from binding fragments to cuttings to whole leaves! Really beautiful examples of objects that have been through a lot to make it from there and then to here and now. #fragmentology

Over on VoynichNinja (an excellent discussion board with lots of solid linguistic & cryptological work), someone posted this new resource based on my (credited!) work that lets you visualize structure & rearrange quires, bifolia, and pages! It's incredibly cool and really valuable. voynichviewer.com

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We are thrilled to be supporting the publication of these books! MAA first-book Subvention awarded to Jessica Hines, and the MAA Inclusivity & Diversity Subvention awarded to Matthew Delvaux. Congratulations!

We want to give you $$$!

Important changes afoot! We have increased the amounts awarded for several of our grants, something that hasn't happened in decades.

Honor your favorite medievalist by nominating them for the CARA Prize for Outstanding Service to Medieval Studies, or for the CARA Teaching Prize. Nominations due Nov. 15! More info below:

Self-nominations are welcome! More info here:

MAA News - Self-Nominate for MAA Committee Service: Nomination forms due Dec. 1 Volunteer committee service is critically important to our mission, and we welcome your expertise and efforts. https://www.themedievalacademyblog.org/?p=9969

LET'S GO @redsox.com!!! #MedievalistsWhoLoveBaseball

Hey @adapalmer.bsky.social I am deep into "Too Like the Lightning" and it is MIND-BLOWING! All that plus my favorite #BlamePetrarch book. You're my hero.

A terrific thread on #WomenWhoVoynich!

#OA from @monicamedhist.bsky.social! Check it out!

This is a great opportunity to apply for funding to attend @rarebookschool.bsky.social! You might even apply for a scholarship to attend my Fragmentology class next summer...

Are you #TeamScroll or #TeamCodex when it comes to texts with genealogical diagrams? Join me and @leoba.bsky.social on Thursday as we resolve this burning question once and for all! (hint: read my recent article if you want to know which team I'm on! muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...)

So grateful to @harvardmedieval.bsky.social for my appointment as a Research Associate this year while I work on my manuscript studies textbook! Access to Harvard's resources will be incredibly important for this project. medieval.fas.harvard.edu/people/lisa-...

MAA News - Upcoming Grant Deadlines We are very pleased to announce that the MAA is continuing its partnership with the American Trust for the British Library! https://www.themedievalacademyblog.org/maa-news-upcoming-grant-deadlines-22/

MAA News - Call for 2027 Publication Prize Nominations Submissions for the 2027 MAA Publication Prizes are now being accepted. Submissions and dossiers must be submitted by Oct. 15 using our Publication Pri https://www.themedievalacademyblog.org/maa-news-call-for-2027-publication-prize-nominations/