Treasures of Malta. No. 93, Summer 2025. Vol. XXXI No 3

Description

Editorial

Giovanni Bonello

The Ceremony for the Making of a Knight

Emanuel Chetcuti

Through a series of illuminations found in a manuscript held at the Museum of the Order of St John, Clerkenwell, London, Emanuel Chetcuti describes the ceremonies which were performed for the admission of a knight in the Order of St John of Jerusalem, Rhodes, and Malta

The Maria Lactans Panel in Mdina: Rediscovering a Painting at St Peter’s Monastery

Petra Caruana Dingli

Petra Caruana Dingli explores the iconography of an old panel painting at a monastery in Mdina

DUBITANT TAMEN PERITIORES: The Curious ‘Natural Phenomenon’ at Villa Frere

Edward Said

Edward Said sheds light into an obscure natural wonder discovered during the creation of Villa Frere, Pietà, almost two centuries ago

My Favourite Object

Reuben Ellul Dimech

An Art-Historical Consideration of the Sanctuary and Painting of Our Lady of Tal-Ħerba

Nicholas Joseph Doublet

Charles Thomas Newcombe Tracked Down to Malta

Charles Paul Azzopardi

Charles Paul Azzopardi reconstructs the timeline of events leading up to the surprising establishment of a once-celebrated London photographer in Victorian Malta

From Our Digitisation Studio

Arthur Muscat; Richard England

Remembering Maurice de Giorgio (1925–2015)

compiled by Antonia Critien

A Nation at the Movies:

Cinemagoing in 1950s Malta

Christopher Borg

Christopher Borg presents an insightful snippet into the social history of cinemagoing in post-war Malta

Bookshelf

Stefan M. Attard

The Cover

Antonia Critien

Cultural Review

Cecilia Xuereb

Calendar Highlights

Antonia Critien