Lisa Fagin Davis

About:

Lisa Fagin Davis is a medieval manuscript expert, author, and educator, serving as Executive Director of the Medieval Academy of America.

Website:

manuscriptroadtrip.wordpress.com

Specializations:

Author Instructor Executive Director Medieval Manuscript Cataloguer Paleographer Historian

Interests:

Medieval Studies Manuscript Studies Codicology Paleography

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2026-03-09 • art historical manuscripts otto ege paleography iconoclasm

The post explores Otto Ege's dismembered manuscripts in Oregon, detailing their history, previous owners, and the efforts to identify and study these medieval leaves.

2025-01-20 •

The text discusses the study of the physical aspects of the Voynich Manuscript, formally known as Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library MS 408. The author, a paleographer and codicologist, explores the work of d...

2024-09-08 •

Multispectral imaging is a way of capturing a digital image using non-visible wavelengths such as ultraviolet and infrared. This technology has proven invaluable in helping scholars read palimpsests and damaged manuscripts. The La...

2024-04-08 •

The author visited the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 2014 and returned to deliver a keynote for the annual UW Graduate Association of Medieval Studies Colloquium. The theme was 'Blank Space.' The author used several UW earl...

2024-03-22 •

The text discusses the author's trip to Purdue University to lead a workshop and deliver a lecture about recent discoveries concerning manuscripts and fragments in their collection. The author examines several manuscripts, includi...

2023-12-13 •

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2022-04-24 •

The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University is now open for outside researchers, and the author has secured authorization to visit the campus and spend time with the Voynich Manuscript. The author explains the i...

2021-12-25 •

The text discusses the challenges faced by students and teachers during the pandemic, and the joy of discovery experienced by students in a course on medieval manuscripts. It details the process of digital reconstruction of a dism...

2021-02-04 •

The author describes their experience visiting the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale to study medieval manuscripts in person after teaching remotely for nearly a year. They discuss the importance of studying codicolo...

2020-06-07 •

The text discusses the discovery of a previously unknown 'Fifty Original Leaves' set by Otto Ege, containing fifty new leaves to examine. The set includes a previously unknown Beauvais Missal leaf and a miniature of a woman in a m...

2020-04-11 •

The author has been working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and has been tweeting about different manuscript-related subjects. The author discovered a manuscript fragment that was worth blogging about. The fragment was from...