The issue is that I've tried to make the same thing by connecting the ESP8266-12-E to the nokia directly (no NodeMCU board), and I see the Nokia screen blank.
My setup looks like the one in this picture:
I think there must be something with the NodeMCU.D* pins mapping... have you tried to use a Nokia 5110 display without the NodeMCU board?
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The issue is that I've tried to make the same thing by connecting the ESP8266-12-E to the nokia directly (no NodeMCU board), and I see the Nokia screen blank.
My setup looks like the one in this picture:
I think there must be something with the NodeMCU.D* pins mapping... have you tried to use a Nokia 5110 display without the NodeMCU board?