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Art & Inequality in the Shadow of the Black Death
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Collecting and cataloguing art commissions made by European non-elite from 1225 to 1525, to explore two interrelated fields—economic inequality and cultural history.
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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
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Medieval handwriting on paper
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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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: - Art & Inequality
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 ...
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November 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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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…
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 project, at least in the ASF. The purpose was to increase the sample size of my last quartile of Pisan testaments,1501-25.
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October 31, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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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
medieval register with leather binding. It has an inscription in old Italian "registro de' testamenti" and the dates 1363-1368 medieval register with leather binding. It has an inscription in old Italian "registro de' testamenti" and the dates 1363-1368
October 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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#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!
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#medievalsky
index finger drawn on the side of medieval parchment. 14th century Florence index finger drawn on the side of medieval parchment. 14th century Florence index finger drawn in the middle of medieval parchment. 14th century Florence index finger drawn in the middle of medieval parchment. 14th century Florence
October 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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taking @artandinequality.bsky.social at @khiflorenz.bsky.social today - the beauty of this room is all for me (for now!)
#arthistory #beautifullibraries #medievalsky
library room with wooden shelves filled with books on the sides and wooden tables and chairs at the centre for library users
October 16, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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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
October 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Being an expat myself for many years, Augustinus' story talked to me! Click here ⬇️ to read more about this Brabantin baker and globetrotter from
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#ArtandInequality #medievaltravels #foreigners #expatlife #artisans #memory #arthisory #flanders #tuscany
Globetrotter Baker: Expat Life on Paint and Thread - Art & Inequality
Expats have loosen roots and look for peers to reconstruct a sense of community and navigate everyday life together. Here is Augustinus’ story… from 1450s. Augustinus de Lovana was a 15th c. baker fro...
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September 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Going solo 🧳🚶‍♀️🧭? Check out this expact's story from 1450s 🌎 by our @wallolita.bsky.social
Globetrotter Baker: Expat Life on Paint and Thread - Art & Inequality
Expats have loosen roots and look for peers to reconstruct a sense of community and navigate everyday life together. Here is Augustinus’ story… from 1450s. Augustinus de Lovana was a 15th c. baker fro...
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September 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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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
September 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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@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
September 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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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
wallolita.bsky.social Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · Sep 17
@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
September 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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While the @artandinequality.bsky.social project works on its proposal for #IMC2026 our PI Prof Samuel Cohn gets the front page here ⬇️
imc-leeds.bsky.social International Medieval Congress Leeds @imc-leeds.bsky.social · Aug 17
This is your two week reminder that the deadline for #IMC2026 Paper Proposal is Sunday 31 August!😱 Click here: www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2026/ to submit a proposal, and click here: www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2026/pro... to read our handy proposal criteria guide.😊

#medievalsky #skystorians
people sat in a session room making notes or sat listening.
August 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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✈️ 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
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September 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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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!
September 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Just landed at the #ArtAndInequality 3rd annual meeting at #Castellodisantasevera
Looking forward to tomorrow's presentations surrounded by beauty and good food
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#artandinequality #medievalhistory #socialhistory #arthistory #materialculture
September 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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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 - Art & Inequality
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 ...
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August 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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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…
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 lie glimpses of real life—human relationships, emotions, hopes for life after death, and for the lives of those who would remain on Earth. Journeys and ventures of various kinds often loomed on the horizon for those who decided to set down their final wishes in writing.
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August 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Back to the Future while digging the archives for the #ArtandInequality project @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalbutchers #florencestatearchives #foodhistory #materialculture
July 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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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
July 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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♻️ 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
June 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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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
A sunny cloister viewed from the inside with columns in the foreground Detail of a column showing a shield with castle.
June 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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📜All the documents our project looks at have one thing in common - they were drawn up by a notary.

🪶Each medieval notary used a distinctive personal mark. Find out more here: www.artandinequality.com/whats-your-s...

#medievalhistory #arthistory #nonelite #history #testaments #notary
June 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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See a new post from Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social‬ on binding #waste, #reuse of parchments and our mining work for the #ArtandInequality project
Waste and Reuse: unexpected covers and music on 14th c. notarial books
Siena State Archives, Notarile Antecosimiano 54 (1349) Waste and reuse are key topics in modern consumer society, but in the Middle Ages, there was no discussion around them. Considering the high cost of producing new objects, everything had to be reused, recycled, or transformed down to the very last bit. Parchments were made from animal skins (sheep, goat, or calf) and were therefore very durable and quite expensive.
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June 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM