Barbara A. Shailor

Barbara A. Shailor is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classics at Yale University and Senior Research Scholar involved in the Mellon-funded project 'Digitally Enabled Scholarship on Medieval Manuscripts at Yale University.' Previously, she served as Deputy Provost for the Arts (2003) and Director of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale. Her academic work focuses on Visigothic paleography and medieval Spanish manuscript production.

She has authored significant publications including the three-volume Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance MSS in the Beinecke Rare Book & MSS Library (1984–1993) and The Medieval Book: Catalogue of an Exhibition at the Beinecke Rare Book and MS Library (1988), which remains frequently reprinted.

Shailor has received notable recognitions, including election to the Comité international de paléographie latine (2000) and Fellowship in the Medieval Academy (2006). She also serves as a trustee of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.

At Yale, she teaches advanced Latin paleography courses, including the seminar M-90. Advanced Seminar in Medieval Manuscript Studies, and contributes to digital scholarship initiatives focused on medieval manuscripts.