Diving into medieval #hospital books - an essay on #reuse of #objects in 14th century Florence is on its way based on a wide range of #archivalrecords from the still-operating hospital of #SantaMariaNuova. Thanks to @artandinequality.bsky.social and @glasgow.ac.uk for the support! #medievalsky

Taking #ArtandInequality at @khiflorenz.bsky.social today for a day of reading and writing - drafting my paper on #objects #circularecnomy #reuse in 14thc Florence and #hospital of Santa Maria Nuova (second paper of 2026!) @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalsky #beautifullibraries

Wow. The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.

"Why is it so normal for law enforcement — those who are supposed to be keepers of law and order — to kill Americans? And why is the only question at the end of the day how much their victims deserved to die?" Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86745...

Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, was shot and killed by ICE agents on Saturday.

Medieval hall discovered in Northern England by @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2026/01/medi... #archaeology #England

The cover of this week’s issue, “New York’s Toughest,” by Peter de Sève. Start exploring: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/qARBiP

“A dead city on fire. It was like a civil war. I saw people running, running and screaming. I saw police shooting tear gas. I heard guns.” An eyewitness account of a recent massacre in Mashhad, Iran. www.newyorker.com/news/as-told...

More from #flooded registers of the Florentine, now vanished convent of San Pier Maggiore - #staytuned for a new coming publication on #pigsbreeding and #meatconsumption in Florence using these amazing data! Another project grew out of #ArtandInequality @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalsky

A fascinating research project grew out #ArtandInequality will be presented at the University of Milan in April 2026 #staytuned! #materialculture #reuse #circulareconomy #medievalhospitals #medievalsky

Have a look at the meetings planned in Milan for 2026. For those interested in #objects, #circulareconomy and #medievalhospital just #staytuned! In April, with Serena Galasso we present a truly fascinating research project linked to #ArtandInequality! #medievalsky @artandinequality.bsky.social

📢 ✌️ We're kicking off our event programme for this semester off with two CMRS sessions! 🎨 📜 First join us tomorrow as our own @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social discusses depictions of Judas in medieval art and literature. 📅 ➡️ Then later this week ...

This is how US government teaches its own citizens to behave from its pinnacle of #democracy and #civilisation

“The country is becoming more and more polarized, as the many Venezuelans who are simultaneously angry at Maduro’s dictatorial regime and distrusting of the U.S. feel that they must pick a side, despite there being no good options,” Armando Ledezma writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/dqZLAR

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Benjamin Slyngstad. #NewYorkerCartoons

Beautiful pics of an early 15th c. account books damaged by the Florentine flood of 1966 #medievalsky

Flooded Thursday - dragging #ArtandIneqaulity into a beautiful dive through the faded, wrinkled account books of the Florentine convent of #SanPierMaggiore, heavily scarred by the #flood of 1966 @artandinequality.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk #medievalsky

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Why starting 2026 with an #homicide? ⬇️ Have a read at our latest blog @artandinequality.bsky.social to find out about a mysterious #murder, an #inventory and forthcoming #projects and #publications for #ArtandInequality @glasgow.ac.uk #medievalsky ➡️ link: www.artandinequality.com/homicide-wit...

Starting the week and the Winter Season surrounded by Beauty and Art - so lucky to be part of @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalsky

A bonus Daily Cartoon by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons

Find out more about the Art and Inequality project in this interview with Research Associate @louisamckenzie.bsky.social: warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #testaments #history #medievalhistory #economichistory #palaeography

Today #ArtandInequality will be presenting a first draft of our paper on #executivedoments #materialculture #devotion and #socialhistory for the #QSRM project - hybrid seminar Link ⬇️ www.fscire.it/index.php/sc... #medievalsky @artandinequality.bsky.social

Mining more men and women in the beautiful books of #SantaMariaNuova - a still-operating #medieval hospital #medievalsky

Today @artandinequality.bsky.social is diving into thousands of names of 14th c. men and women - a pure joy and a gold mine for #socialhistory #culturalhistory #materialculture #hospitalhistory #demography #Florentinehistory and so much more! #artandinequality #medievalsky

#ArtandInequality will have a full morning at the National Library in Florence today 📚…but #cappuccino first ☕️ @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalsky

While waiting to release my new post on 1380s #homicide with list, I am re-posting my blog on 15thc. Brabantine baker and globetrotter who may have had my same #migrantcurse, loving and regretting every place he lived in 😅 #ArtandInequality project @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalsky

@genderandhistory.bsky.social has moved to the University of Edinburgh

Now the contract is signed etc we're very pleased to share this news. Please do follow the below account to keep up to date with what we're doing. #GenderHistory

Starting the week with the a high dose of medieval #inventories of mobile goods - a goldmine of #everydaylife from 800 years ago for our #ArtandInequality project @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalsky

Lovely miniature from an early XV c. #inventorybook ... #staytuned because soon there will be... an #homicide with #inventory from 1380s! @artandinequality.bsky.social goes beyond testaments! @uofglasgow.bsky.social #medievalsky

For the light of the eyes 👀 Look at this unsteady hand from mid 14th c just before Florence and all of Europe were about to be swept by the #BlackDeath (from the account books of the Florentine hospital of Santa Maria Nuova) #medievalsky @artandinequality.bsky.social

Recreating Medieval Paintings with Light at St Albans Cathedral www.medievalists.net/2022/11/medi... #medievalart

Why collecting so many data from the past? Have a read at #artandinequality #Halloween weekend post by our PI Samuel Cohn about his last research trip to #florence #historyofart #medievalsky @artandinequality.bsky.social

Medieval painted roof at Long Melford Church, Suffolk

Is always 🎃 #Halloweenmood for @artandinequality.bsky.social when we dig into #medieval #testaments 💀 Today it is a beautiful book of testaments from the Florentine hospital of #SantaMariaNuova #medievalsky

#Pointing out a beautiful day in the archives with friend and colleague Serena Galasso looking for bequests, objects, people and #secondhand market in Medieval Florence Big updates are on the way — #staytuned for more! @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalsky

How the Reconquista Changed Rural Life in Medieval Spain www.medievalists.net/2025/10/how-... #medieval #history #reconquista

taking @artandinequality.bsky.social at @khiflorenz.bsky.social today - the beauty of this room is all for me (for now!) #arthistory #beautifullibraries #medievalsky

Look at this #knots & #bingins - lucky to be researching #pigs, #meat, #textiles and #devotionalobjects in this beautiful 14th century book for @artandinequality.bsky.social and my #piggycities project on pigs husbandry and meat consumption in Medieval Tuscany #medievalsky

Look at this #knots & #bingins - lucky to be researching #pigs, #meat, #textiles and #devotionalobjects in this beautiful 14th century book for @artandinequality.bsky.social and my #piggycities projects on pigs husbandry and meat consumption Medieval Tuscany #medievalsky

Being an expat myself for many years, Augustinus' story talked to me! Click here ⬇️ to read more about this Brabantin baker and globetrotter from @artandinequality.bsky.social 🧳🧭🚶‍♀️🌎 #ArtandInequality #medievaltravels #foreigners #expatlife #artisans #memory #arthisory #flanders #tuscany

15th c rich Brabantine baker and globetrotter. Coding his testament for @artandinequality.bsky.social and thinking how he must have had my same #migrantcurse, loving and regretting every place he has been living in 😅✨ #medievalmigrants #crossingboarders #medievalwork #artandinequality

@artandinequality.bsky.social 3rd annual meeting has official started at Santa Severa rocked by the sea 🌊 and blessed by the sun ☀️ more coming soon 🔜 #artandinequality #ERC #castlelife #arthistory #socialhistory #materialculture

Just landed at the #ArtAndInequality 3rd annual meeting at #Castellodisantasevera Looking forward to tomorrow's presentations surrounded by beauty and good food @artandinequality.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social #artandinequality #medievalhistory #socialhistory #arthistory #materialculture

Great session yesterday 10th Sept on #pigs in Late Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean Europe. Breeding, Production and Consumption (11th-16th c.) at #EURHO2025 🐖! Thanks to @uofglasgow.bsky.social @artandinequality.bsky.social for the support and to co-organiser and friend Davide Cristoferi!

✈️ Off for a little break from the #artandinequality project (but not really) to get to Coimbra #EURHO2025 with 2 panels on "Pigs in late medieval and early modern Mediterranean Europe: breeding, production and consumption (11th-16th centuries)" @artandinequality.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social

While the @artandinequality.bsky.social project works on its proposal for #IMC2026 our PI Prof Samuel Cohn gets the front page here ⬇️

Who’s that girl? Find out how a unique survival in a 15th-century testament provides a glimpse of what the testator looked like - and how that has inspired a present-day portrait, here: www.artandinequality.com/meet-concima... #medievalhistory #renaissancehistory #archives #manuscripts

Who wants to meet 15th c. Concima? My new post for @artandinequality.bsky.social is about defeating time and death by keeping one’s memory alive. Concima’s portrait is a unique example of this last for remembrance. Read about her here ⬇️ #ArtandInequality #remembrance ##women #medievaltestaments