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THE MEDICI ARCHIVE PROJECT ("MAP") HAS BEEN INNOVATING NEW STRATEGIES FOR RESEARCH IN THE HUMANITIES AND HAS SET OUT TO BECOME A RESEARCH INSTITUTION.

WOMAN ARTISTS IN THE AGE OF MEDICI PROGRAM UTILIZES ARCHIVAL RESOURCES TO UNCOVER NEW DOCUMENTATION ON WOMEN ARTISTS ACTIVE DURING THE 15TH THROUGH THE 19TH CENTURIES, ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAD CONNECTIONS TO FLORENCE. THE LIVES AND ARTWORK OF WOMEN ARTISTS ARE EXAMINED IN TANDEM TO GAIN INSIGHT INTO THEIR EXPERIENCES AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS. THE PROGRAM'S FINDINGS ARE DISSEMINATED THROUGH PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES, DIGITAL RESOURCES, AND CONFERENCE PAPER

JEWISH STUDIES PROGRAM SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2013, STAFF AND FELLOWS OF THE EUGENE GRANT JEWISH HISTORY PROGRAM AT THE MEDICI ARCHIVE PROJECT (MAP) HAVE BEEN UNCOVERING AND VALORIZING OVER 2000 DOCUMENTS ON JEWS AND JEWISH CULTURE FROM THE MEDICI ARCHIVES. THESE RECORDS, WHICH ARE PUBLISHED ONLINE ON MAP'S DIGITAL PORTAL (MIA.MEDICI.ORG), DESCRIBE BOTH THE EVERYDAY LIFE AND EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS OF JEWS IN FLORENCE AND AROUND THE WORLD. IN 2016, AN EVEN MORE IMPORTANT DISCOVERY WAS MADE: OVER TWO HUNDRED MANUSCRIPTS VOLUMES DETAILING THE FOUNDATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMOLITION OF THE FLORENTINE GHETTO. THIS TREASURE TROVE COMPRISES ALL THE NAMES OF JEWS WHO HAVE EVER RESIDED IN THE GHETTO; THE DETAILED BLUEPRINTS OF EVERY SINGLE APARTMENT; THE RECORDS OF EVERY SINGLE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY THAT TOOK PLACE WITHIN AND OUTSIDE ITS WALLS; THE MAPPING OF JEWISH MERCANTILE NETWORKS; THE ARTISTIC, MUSICAL, AND SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION OF FLORENTINE JEWS; AND ACCOUNTS ON THEIR LEGAL VICISSITUDES AS WELL AS THE PRESERVATION OF JEWISH CUSTOMS AND RELIGION.

DIGITAL BRONZINI- A PROJECT TO HARNESS HTR TECHNOLOGIES IN ORDER TO GIVE GREATER ACCESS TO CRISTOFANO BRONZINI'S TREATISE ENTITLED ON THE DIGNITY AND NOBILITY OF WOMEN, AN INCOMPARABLE RESOURCE FOR RECOVERING THE HISTORY OF WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO CIVILIZATION, AND FOR UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF CIVIC DISCOURSE IN SOCIAL CHANGE DURING THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD. COMPRISING 36 TOMES, IT WAS WRITTEN IN FLORENCE AND LARGELY COMPLETE BY THE YEAR 1622. BRONZINI'S TITANIC MANUSCRIPT HAS BEEN IN THE VAULT OF THE BIBLIOTECA NAZIONALE CENTRALE IN FLORENCE EVER SINCE THE DISPERSION OF THE PALACE LIBRARY OF THE MEDICI GRAND DUKES, YET IT WAS NOT RECORDED IN ANY CATALOG UNTIL THE 1980S. THE AIM OF THIS TREATISE IS TO ARGUE FOR WOMEN'S CAPACITY TO TAKE PART IN THE GOVERNING OF THE TUSCAN GRAND DUCHY, AT THAT TIME UNDER MEDICI RULE. IT DOES SO BY MUSTERING LEGENDS, HISTORIES, AND FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF THOUSANDS OF FEMALE EXEMPLARS OF NEARLY EVERY VIRTUE AND EVERY INTELLECTUAL FIELD, WITH A COVERAGE FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE WRITER'S OWN ERA THAT EMBRACES ALL KNOWN PARTS OF THE INHABITED WORLD.