OAR@UM Collection:https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/31662026-08-28T16:46:39Z2026-08-28T16:46:39ZTwo important developments in iconography of Maltese Holy Week processional statueshttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/1486262026-08-24T11:01:07Z2021-03-31T00:00:00ZTitle: Two important developments in iconography of Maltese Holy Week processional statues
Abstract: The article examines the 1961 expansion in the iconography of Maltese Good Friday processional statues. It highlights the historical addition of new statuary groups imported from Italy to Qormi and Żejtun, such as The Last Supper and Jesus Meets His Holy Mother on the Way to Calvary. The piece explores how these introductions broke decades of tradition and triggered a broader wave of iconographical additions across the Maltese Islands.2021-03-31T00:00:00ZThe Treaty of Amiens and Malta, 1802-1803https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/1486252026-08-24T10:37:11Z2025-03-23T00:00:00ZTitle: The Treaty of Amiens and Malta, 1802-1803
Abstract: The article examines the geopolitical negotiations surrounding the 1802 Treaty of Amiens, focusing on its implications for Malta. It details how Britain and France attempted to resolve control of the Maltese archipelago, stipulating the restoration of the Order of St. John alongside new civil rights for the Maltese, and the intense local opposition led by Maltese delegates. It further explains how broken diplomatic terms and strategic mistrust led to the collapse of the peace in May 1803 and the onset of the Napoleonic Wars.2025-03-23T00:00:00ZThe Corona Ottomana affair of 1760-1760https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/1486242026-08-24T10:30:36Z2025-06-01T00:00:00ZTitle: The Corona Ottomana affair of 1760-1760
Abstract: The article details the 1760–1761 "Corona Ottomana" incident, in which 71 Christian slaves led by Peter Zelalić mutinied aboard a major Ottoman warship, seized control, and sailed her to Malta. It chronicles the ship's renaming to San Salvatore, the defensive preparations undertaken by Grand Master Pinto in anticipation of Ottoman retaliation, and the diplomatic intervention of King Louis XV of France, who negotiated buying the vessel to return it to Sultan Mustapha III to preserve French commercial interests in the Levant.2025-06-01T00:00:00ZOrigin and development of the Gozo public library and archiveshttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/1486222026-08-24T09:40:52Z2025-07-27T00:00:00ZTitle: Origin and development of the Gozo public library and archives
Abstract: The article traces the origins, evolution, and milestones of the Gozo Public Library and its archives. Beginning with the establishment of early private reading rooms (gabinetti) in response to 19th-century intellectual deficiencies, it covers the founding of Gozo's reading room in 1838–1839, its transition to a government-backed public library in 1853, subsequent relocations, the split between lending and research functions, and the eventual inauguration of the National Archives Gozo Section in 1989.2025-07-27T00:00:00Z