Treasures Of Malta Easter 2000 No 17 Vol VI No 2

Treasures Of Malta Easter 2000 No 17 Vol VI No 2

ARTICLES

Bastions of Malta: The British Defences
Quentin Hughes examines the use made by the British of Malta’s gigantic fortifications

Baroque Triumphal Revivalism in Mdina
Mario Buhagiar describes some of the striking baroque Buildings in the Cathedral City of Mdina

Mattia Preti: Drawings of Charles V
David Boswell looks at a little known drawing of Charles V at the Fitzwilliam Museum

Girolamo Cassar
Conrad Thake records the achievements of an accomplished Maltese architect

Old Church Organs in Malta and Gozo
Hugo Agius Muscat describes some of our old pipe organs

The Roman Baths at Ta’ Baldu
Keith Buhagiar re-discovers a Roman Bath at Ta’ Baldu tenement near the village of Dingli

Votive Oil Lamp at St Paul’s Grotto
Joseph Muscat tells the story of the silver oil lamp to be found in St Paul’s Grotto, Rabat

Tables and Their Uses
Joseph Galea-Naudi and Denise Micallef write on tables through the ages

A Model for the Artist, Guiseppe Cali
Nicholas de Piro discovers a photo album belonging to Cali’s third son

The Coat of Arms of the Façade of the Mdina Cathedral
John Azzopardi tells the story of intrigue which leads to the coat of arms on the façade of the Mdina Cathedral

A Lost Paladini Brought to Light
Gerald Bugeja attributes a painting once lost, to Filippo Paladini

At the Curia: The Mural in the Old Refectory
Emmanuel Fiorentino describes an impressive mural in the Old Refectory at the Archbishop’s Curia in Floriana