Simone Picchianti

Simone Picchianti completed his master’s degree at University of Florence in April 2015, with a thesis in history of cultures and mentality in the Middle Ages. The focus of his researches is on the production and trade of armor and sword in Florence between the end of the 14th century and the beginning of the 16th century. In this respect, he has collaborated in autumn 2018 to the general rearrangement of the display of the arms and armor collection at the Museo delle Armi Luigi Marzoli di Brescia, and for four years he was a collaborator at the Museo Stibbert in Florence. Through the Museo Stibbert he has published a catalog-study of the collection of European rapiers of the 16th and 17th centuries (Le spade da lato al Museo Stibbert). In the summer 2020, he will also publish the Charter of the Florentine Arte dei Corazzai e Spadai. During his fellowship at the Medici Archive Project, he will focus on the reconstruction of the work and private life of Giuliano Ferraccini, the most important sword-smith at the Medici court in the 16th century.