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Valentina Costantini

@wallolita.bsky.social
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Research Associate at @UofGlasgow ERC #ArtandInequality, Medievalist with a passion for social history, archives, writing, travelling & exploring the outdoors

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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Example of #reuse on book bindings from 14th c Florence @artandinequality.bsky.social #archiviodistoatodifirenze #medievalsky
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
More from coding early 16th century notarial books for our #ArtnadInequality project @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalsky
notarial signs (signa) on the left side of paper page next to the actual signature of the notary
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Today and tomorrow #inequality in the long run is discussed at @economia.unifi . This morning, after a great lecture by Guido Alfani, Samuel Cohn presented an overview of our #ArtandInequality project @artandinequality.bsky.social . More interesting papers tomorrow morning #medievalsky
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Every day a bit of embroidery on #LaMoraTapestry at @imc-leeds.bsky.social with @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalsky
tapestry held by a woman and 3 people on the background
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Young girls exploring #LeedsCampus while the #ArtandInequality team is getting ready for #IMC2026 @imc-leeds.bsky.social with a great session this coming Thursday. #StayTuned @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalsky
two girls climbing grey steps towards university entrance, with a red sign saying "welcome to Leeds International medieval congress"
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Proofreading a great paper on #textiles #bequests #reuse at the major Florentine #hospital 14th c. #SantaMariaNuova as part of the #ArtandInequality project @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalsky #heatwave #campinglife
computer screen on a camping table and on the background the seaside, an island and the sky. trees and a palm tree
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Conference Day1 just finished - having a rest before Day2 tomorrow where we'll present data from #Artandinequality project and #textilesreuse . At Ca' Foscari in beautiful Venice @artandinequality.bsky.social @unipd.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk #medievalsky #arthistory #archives #gender
conference programmea gondoliere on a canalcanalred house reflectiing on canal
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Masquerageous🦋 @masquerageous.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Donald Trump is using the United States Department of Justice to go after a woman he raped. I feel levels of anger beyond comprehension.
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Lyn @lynisalot.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
An FBI agent told me to my face once that there were so many moving pieces, that I would likely end up with more charges than my trafficker. Full disclosure, this is the america ive always known.
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Next week @artandinequality.bsky.social will be in Venice (8-9 June) to present part of our #ArtandInequality project togetehr with Serena Galasso and her #ThiMa #MarieCurie project. Our paper will focus on #textiles, #gifts, #donations and #charity in 1300 #Tuscany #medievalsky
programme of the conference 8-9 July
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
"Married Women’s Wills in Late Medieval Britain and Ireland: A Comparative Approach" seminar by Prof Cordelia Beattie at the University of Genoa tomorrow 3pm Link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8406923405.... Passcode: 303126 #medievalsky @artandinequality.bsky.social
leaflet of the seminar
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
#savethedate 20 of May Lucca State Archive has guided tours at its treasure of Statutes of the Republic - may are beautifully miniatured. Visits must be booked here - all info here ⬇️ archiviodistatoinlucca.cultura.gov.it/attivita/eve... #medievalsky #LuccaStateArchives #MedievalArchives
medieval book with miniatures all around the edges of the page with animals, leaves and faces representing probably the civil rulers
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Our day at #ArtandInequality started with this nice "signum" from a 15th c. Florentine notary found by Prof Samuel Cohn in his early morning mining at the Florence State Archives @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalsky
hand made drawing of medieval notarial signature, brown ink on paper (15th c)
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Tomorrow at Università di Milano, Serena Galasso and I will be finally presenting our research on the #donations #secondhandmarket #circulareconomy of #SantaMariaNuova @artandinequality.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk @unipd.bsky.social #medievalsky Also online ⬇️ studistorici.unimi.it/it/eventi/le...
Seminar flyers showing a medieval fresco of Santa Maria Nuova hospital, the tile of the seminar and a shot abstract "All’incrocio di due diversi progetti di ricerca europei (ERC Art and Inequality in the Shadow of the Black Death; MSCA Postdoctoral fellowship Things that Matter. Mobility and Agency of Everyday Objects in Late Medieval Italy), l’intervento prende le mosse dal ritrovamento, tra le carte dell’ospedale di Santa Maria Nuova, di un registro delle masserizie incamerate e rivendute dall’ente tra il 1360 e il 1390. Si tratta di anni di riordino, ridefinizione e sperimentazione amministrativa per l’ospedale, grande beneficiario di lasciti di beni e proprietà. Un paziente lavoro ha consentito di identificare il volume con il cosiddetto “Libro delle masserizie”, nel quale sono elencati gli oggetti che l’ospedale intendeva rimettere sul mercato. Ne emerge l’immagine di un vero e proprio emporio, un bazar presso il quale si rifornivano donne e uomini della città e del contado, e in particolare i rigattieri. Dopo un esame ravvicinato del registro, dei circuiti di beni e delle reti sociali che documenta, proponiamo di allargare lo sguardo all’insieme dei registri contabili che il grande ospedale mette a punto nel corso del Trecento per incamerare, gestire e mettere a profitto gli ingenti flussi di beni mobili di cui era destinatario. La nostra relazione propone un primo affondo complessivo nella documentazione trecentesca del principale ospedale fiorentino – ancora sorprendentemente poco studiata – e nello spaccato poliedrico di cose e persone che vi ruotavano intorno."
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Want to know Caterina's secret bequest? Read this peace from our colleague Matko Marušić about an (almost) unwritten commission and a very uncommon one ⬇️ #medievalsky #arthistory #Dubrovnik
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 11/04/2026
Hungary’s strongman Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, might lose the upcoming election. What would that mean for right-wing movements across the world? www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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The Global Stakes of Hungary’s Pivotal Election
What the fate of Viktor Orbán, a pioneer of strongman politics and a darling of right-wing movements across the world, might mean for Europe, Russia, MAGA, and beyond.
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Art & Inequality in the Shadow of the Black Death @artandinequality.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
This Thursday 9 April we had the pleasure to host @guidoalfani.bsky.social at the @glasgow.ac.uk - we discuss our #ArtandInequality project and attended his lecture on #Inequality in #Europe 1300-1800 #medievalsky
Prof Guido Alfani stendine in front of a screen showing a slide of his presentations with graph on the evolution of inequality between 1300 and 2010
Prof Guido Alfani in front of screen projector showing another slide of his presentation: the wealth share of the top 5% in 1300-1300 Italy
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Graphic exercises from the Middle Ages (from a 14th century volume of #SantaMariaNuova hospital in Florence) @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalsky
Graphic attempts of the letters "A, a, b, c, d, e, f" over two lines, repeated, at the bottom right corner of the register. Brown ink on paper
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Sam Cohn's latest post on our webpage explores women's freedom thought #medievaltestaments
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
More from #SantaMariaNuova archives for @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalhospitals #materialculture #socialhistory #medievalsky
medieval register, in leather, particular of the binding with knotsmedieval register in light brown leather, cover and binding. Ink original writing on top (Memoralia) with dates "1358 a 1368" some modern writing in pencilcentral decoration on medieval binding, brown ink on leather
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
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
handwritten list/index on parchment, numbered and in latin. Dark brown ink on paper
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
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
books piled on a wooden table. Library shelves on the background
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Wow. The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.
Underneath the name Charlie Hebdo is a pile of bloodied dead bodies representing US citizens killed by ICE. The pile of bodies are collected in one corner to represent the stars of the US flag and the streaks of blood caused by them being dragged across the ground form the red and white stripes. In the foreground an armed skinhead officer with an ICE vest is dragging his latest victim with multiple gunshots to join the pile. The world is watching in horror.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 25/01/2026
"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...
Verge headline: It doesn't matter if Alex Pretty had a gun
by Sarah Jeong

Photo by Steven Garcia depicts several masked law enforcement agents soaked in red light at night
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Forbes @forbes.com · 25/01/2026
Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, was shot and killed by ICE agents on Saturday.
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Athletes And Celebrities Condemn Alex Pretti Shooting In Minneapolis
Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, was shot and killed by ICE agents on Saturday.
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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Medieval hall discovered in Northern England by @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2026/01/medi... #archaeology #England
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Medieval hall discovered in Northern England - Medievalists.net
Archaeologists working near Skipsea Castle in northern England say a cluster of rare discoveries is reshaping what we know about power, industry, and high-status life in the centuries before the…
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 26/01/2026
The cover of this week’s issue, “New York’s Toughest,” by Peter de Sève. Start exploring: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/qARBiP
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 23/01/2026
“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...
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A Massacre in Mashhad
Under the cover of an internet blackout, Iranian security forces killed hundreds of demonstrators. Only now are details of the carnage starting to emerge.
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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
1300 register opened and showing original writings, brown ink on paper, damaged by water
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Art & Inequality in the Shadow of the Black Death @artandinequality.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
A fascinating research project grew out #ArtandInequality will be presented at the University of Milan in April 2026 #staytuned! #materialculture #reuse #circulareconomy #medievalhospitals #medievalsky
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
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
program of the meetings with a medieval painting - woman with hair tight and red dress, and a fruit tree on the background
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Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (CMEMS) @cmemsedinburgh.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
📢 ✌️ 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 ...
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
This is how US government teaches its own citizens to behave from its pinnacle of #democracy and #civilisation
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 14/01/2026
“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
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The Lights Are Still On in Venezuela
After the ouster of President Nicolás Maduro, some residents fear that one unelected despot has been swapped for another.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 15/01/2026
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Benjamin Slyngstad. #NewYorkerCartoons
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Art & Inequality in the Shadow of the Black Death @artandinequality.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Beautiful pics of an early 15th c. account books damaged by the Florentine flood of 1966 #medievalsky
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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
medieval register with leather binding wrinkled and damaged by the flood medieval register with leather binding wrinkled and damaged by the flood detail of book binding on a medieval registerhistorial aerial photo of the Florentine square of Santa Maria Novella flooded in 1966. water is covering  half of the Baptister's wooden door
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
ICE OUT NOW
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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...
murder of Abel, medieval miniature, blue background. Abel falling on the green grass while being hit with a heavy hummer by his brother (not visible in the picture)
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Starting the week and the Winter Season surrounded by Beauty and Art - so lucky to be part of @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalsky
miniature "U" on paper with visible book bindingfaced of Florence cathedral and bell tower on the right side of the picture
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 13/12/2025
A bonus Daily Cartoon by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons
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Art & Inequality in the Shadow of the Black Death @artandinequality.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
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
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Life after the Warburg: Louisa McKenzie
Warburg alumna Louisa McKenzie discusses her current research, the impact she hopes it will have and the routes her career has taken since leaving the Institute.
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
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
Seminar brochure with medieval miniature showing men counting coins, reading documents and writing on a book
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Mining more men and women in the beautiful books of #SantaMariaNuova - a still-operating #medieval hospital #medievalsky
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
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
handwritten list of names, index from 14th century book, on brown paper
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
#ArtandInequality will have a full morning at the National Library in Florence today 📚…but #cappuccino first ☕️ @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalsky
Cappuccino mignon a table with bike helmet and medieval church of the Holy Cross (Florence) in the background
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
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
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Home - Art & Inequality
Art & Inequality in the Shadow of the Black Death Collecting and cataloguing art commissions made by members of different social strata - from paupers to the elite - in Europe from 1225 to 1525, to ex...
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
@genderandhistory.bsky.social has moved to the University of Edinburgh
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Cordelia Beattie @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
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
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Valentina Costantini @wallolita.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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
Medieval register on a table. Closed. Hundreds of pages
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