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Title

Celebratio amicitiae : essays in honour of Giovanni Bonello / edited by Maroma Camilleri, Theresa Vella ; with an introduction by Guido De Marco.

Publication

Valletta, Malta : Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti, c2006.

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Additional Authors

• Bonello, Giovanni
• Camilleri, Maroma.
• Vella, Theresa.

Description

xxxii, 420 p. : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.

Subject

• Art > Malta
• Human rights > Malta
• Malta > History

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-414) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The historical background to the cult of St. Philip of Agira in Malta / Mario Buhagiar -- Esgart des freres : a medieval survival in early modern Malta? / Ann Williams -- The 1581 catastrophe, or, The story of two poor families' affliction / Simon Mercieca -- L-Imnarja : Malta's national folk festival / Dominic Cutajar -- Knight of Malta, diplomat, protector of the arts and sciences, black sheep of the family : the thrilling life of Louis Alexandre Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau / Thomas Freller -- The National Library of Malta's manuscript collection / Maroma Camilleri -- "Nizza" : a method used for sealing letters / Alfred Bonnici -- "Divertimento e sollievo del popolo" : the coccagna as a manifestation of benevolent despotism in ancien r©♭gime Malta / William Zammit -- Books and libraries in 18th-century Malta / Carmen Depasquale -- Spectacle and "civil liturgies" in Malta during the time of the Knights of St. John / Vicki Ann Cremona -- Circus aesthetics / Peter Serracino Inglott -- The Order of St. John and Britain, 1792-1795 / Roger Vella Bonavita -- The Maltese brig / Joseph Muscat -- The Inquisitor in Parliament : an insight into British colonial policy / Kenneth Gambin -- Tarthuth (fungus melitensis), for a time, Malta's quasi-singular contribution to Materia medica / Roger Ellul-Micallef -- The 1565 Great Siege frescos in The Palace, Valletta / Theresa Vella -- Bad habit : Scipione Borghese, Wignacourt, and the problem of Cigoli's knighthood / David M. Stone -- Liturgical vestments of the Order of St. John in Malta : heraldry and patronage / Evelyn Baluci -- The Passalacqua chain : a splendid 17th-century jewel in Malta / Francesca Balzan -- Coins and medals of Malta and of the Order of St. John in international auction sales / Joseph C. Sammut -- Religious symbolism and floral motifs during the time of the Knights of Malta : the vestments of the Cotoner grand masters / Cynthia de Giorgio -- Further discoveries and recoveries for Mattia Preti in Malta / John Spike -- Hospitaller military architecture : the transfer of technology / Stephen C. Spiteri -- Trials and tribulations of a baroque prince : Grand Master Jean-Paul Lascaris de Castellar / Moira Pisani -- Costume and lace in an historical Maltese setting / Nicholas de Piro -- The portfolio of Nazarene drawings in the Wignacourt Collegiate Museum / Bernadine Scicluna -- From engraving to lithography : Zimelli, Farrugia, Bellanti / Albert Ganado -- Art nouveau architecture in Malta / Conrad Thake -- Photography and the art of Antonio Sciortino / Dennis Vella -- Vincenzo Bonello's drawings and plans for Maltese churches at the Wignacourt Collegiate Museum, Rabat, Malta / John Azzopardi -- The first Maltese publicist / David J. Attard -- Page thirteen in perspective / Daphne Caruana Galizia -- Will the European Union be judged in Strasbourg? / Simona Granata-Menghini -- The dissenting opinions of Judge Giovanni Bonello at the European Court of Human Rights / Tonio Borg.

ISBN

• 9993270954
• 9789993270959

LCCN

^^2007532913

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library