This episode, Matilda dives into the world of medieval manuscripts, accompanied by an expert in manuscript studies and palaeography: Dr Lisa Fagin Davis. Together, they discuss one of the most studied and yet most mysterious of medieval objects - the Voynich Manuscript. So much intrigue surrounds this extremely well-travelled manuscript, but what do we actually know about it? How does one study it? And why aren’t we allowed to wear gloves? Tune in to find out!

Transcripts

For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/teabreak/40

Links

• Digitised Voynich Manuscript
• Lisa’s blog post on Codicology
• Book by Raymond Clemens
• Beinecke Library - Voynich Manuscript webpage
• British Library blog post no gloves
• Rare Book School website
• Simmons Uni School of Library and Information Science website
• Lisa’s Bluesky

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