Treasures Of Malta – Easter 2015 No 62 Vol XXI No 2

Treasures Of Malta – Easter 2015 No 62 Vol XXI No 2 ARTICLES Malta’s first Museum: Giovanni Francesco Abela and his Museo di San Giacomo Thomas Freller discusses the international impact this museum had on the erudite world of the seventeenth century The Carnival Battitu or Parata in the eighteenth century Anna Borg Cardona discusses the origins of this dance and the intricacies of a pertaining eighteenth-century contract From the Albert Ganado Collection The Giuliana Masini Franco Masini My Favourite Object John Edward Critien Un Republicain Maltais a Paris: Ascertaining the authorship of the Recherches Historiques at Politiques sur Malte Robert Thake reveals the identity of the author of this controversial and much-debated book Melitensia Curios William Thake Pipi tal-Qasba illustrated John Wood presents a selection of pipes as depicted in various works of art The Chrestion Inscription Joseph Busuttil Antonio Sciortino: A modern pioneer in Maltese sculpture Kristina Cassar evaluates some key pieces within the oeuvre of this avant-garde artist The Monument to Lord Strickland at the Upper Barrakka Gardens Ingrid Ross Philatelic Giovanni Bonello Letters to the Editor The Cover Cultural Calendar Cecilia Xuereb Diary of Events