We are at @khiflorenz.bsky.social in Florence today!

Matko Marušić, Research Associate Dr Matko Marušić holds a PhD in Medieval Studies from the University of Zagreb (2019). His work centres on late medieval and early modern art and devotional culture across the wider Adriatic region, with an emphasis on the analysis of archival sources on the lost…

Another amazing project grew out of our #ArtandInequality will be published soon!

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

7th biennial conference of the European Rural History Organisation Valentina Costantini & Davide Cristoferi, panel: Pigs in the late Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean Europe: breeding, production and consumption (11th-16th centuries)7th biennial conference of the European Rural History…

Third Annual Meeting, Castle Santa Severa Presentors: Agenda

Quaderni di Storia Religiosa Medievale (QSRM) seminar, University of Bologna Valentina Costantini, presentation of our research project on testaments’ management and inventories from the Florentine hospital of Santa Maria Nuova (14th c.) Beyond the Will: The Execution of Pious Dispositions in the…

Serena Galasso, Research Associate (2022-2023) Dr Serena Galasso is a medieval historian specialised in social, economic and gender history. Trained in Italy and France, she studied women's practical writings in late medieval Tuscany, focusing on Florentine women’s account books. Her PhD thesis…

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

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

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...

#ArtandInequlity latest post is about a 14th century #murder and some of our plans for 2026. Find out more on our website ⬇️

Have a read at our latest post to find out more about a #murder, a #list and some of #ArtandInequality goals and achievements at the turn of the year #medievalsky

Homicide with List: A Murder, an Inventory, and a New Year’s Task for A&I This New Year’s post begins with a homicide. Murder of Abel, detail, British Library, Royal 19 D II, f. 10v In March 1389, early in the morning, the notary Giovanni Gini and the second-hand dealer (rigattiere) Romolo…

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

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 we are in #Bologna to share some thoughts on #executivedocuments in the #middleages Follow us online! @glasgow.ac.uk @iashedinburgh.bsky.social @edinburghup.bsky.social @imc-leeds.bsky.social

More #indexes from 14th century #Florence for our #ArtandInequality project @wallolita.bsky.social #medievalsky

Our Friday morning mood for #ArtandInequality #FlorenceNationalLibrary #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

Treasures for our #ArtandInequality project

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

Gems from our #ArtandInequality project - and much more coming soon! @uofglasgow.bsky.social

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

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

A Privileged Peep Hole into the Past: Why large numbers of testaments are needed and how exceptions to rules can be relevant I have just returned from a short stint in the Archivio di Stato di Firenze (ASF), 18 September to 2 October. It may be my last archival collecting of testaments for the…

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

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 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

Going solo 🧳🚶‍♀️🧭? Check out this expact's story from 1450s 🌎 by our @wallolita.bsky.social

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

Our team is at work at #santasevera and soon @adamlinson.bsky.social will take the floor with his presentation on new forms of analysis for our data on #testaments #objectsforremembrance #inequalities

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

✈️ 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

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!

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

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

Meet Concima: a self-portrait from 1400s to defeat time and oblivion Medieval wills are precious mines of information for historians, art historians, scholars of fashion and material culture, but also for sociologists, anthropologists, economists.Behind the dryness of notarial formulas…

Back to the Future while digging the archives for the #ArtandInequality project @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalbutchers #florencestatearchives #foodhistory #materialculture

Taking a piece of @artandinequality.bsky.social to @imc-leeds.bsky.social with a talk about notarial books and testaments focusing on everyday life details woven into the texts. More about it soon ➡️ #artandinequality #LeedsIMC2025 #testaments #everyfaylife #archives #socialhistory

♻️ Waste not, want not! Discover more about how parchments were reused and recycled in the 14th century, plus some of our discoveries in the archives, here: www.artandinequality.com/waste-and-re... #history #materialculture #waste #reuse #medievalbindings #medievalhistory #archives

In 1332, Guillem Castelló left instructions in his will for the construction of 3 columns in the cloister of Vic Cathedral. They still survive today. Find out the fascinating story, here: www.artandinequality.com/a-testament-... #history #livinghistory #medievalhistory #catalonia #catalunya