https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/3203 2026-10-01T16:55:49Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/149608 Title: Il-kult u l-ikonografija ta’ San Sebastjan martri : il‑kuntest Malti fis‑sekli 16 u 17 Abstract: F’epoki mbiegħda fejn ix-xjenza kienet limitata u fl-assenza ta’ għarfien mediku fuq mard infettiv, matul epidemiji qerrieda, il-bniedem, dar b’fidi u tama lejn Alla, b’mod speċjali permezz tal-qima lejn is-Santissmu Sagrament u r-relikwi. Kien hemm devozzjoni partikulari lejn il-qaddisin patruni tal-pesta bħal Santu Rokku u San Sebastjan kif ukoll lejn qaddisin oħra fosthom il-Madonna, Santa Rożalija, San Nikola u Sant’Anna. L-istoriku Taljan Bartolomeo dal Pozzo (1637-1722) attribwixxa l-epidemija bubonika bħala tpattija divina kontra l-bnedmin għal għemilhom u dnubiethom! [silta] 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/149607 Title: Il-kult u l-ikonografija ta’ San Sebastjan martri fil-punent tal-Ewropa u f’Ħal Qormi Abstract: Il-kult ta’ San Sebastjan tfaċċa fl-Ewropa matul l-aħħar fażi tal-Imperu Ruman u minn dakinhar kellu rwol sinifikanti fl-istorja reliġjuża u kulturali tal-kontinent. San Sebastjan kien martri Nisrani li jingħad li kien kaptan fil-Gwardja Pretorjana tal-Imperatur Dijoklezjanu. Skont il-leġġenda, kien ikkundannat għall-mewt minħabba t-twemmin Nisrani tiegħu u kien marbut ma’ siġra u sparaw fuqu l-vleġeġ. L-istorja tkompli tinnarra li hu baqa’ ħaj bl-għajnuna ta’ mara Kristjana jisimha Irene. Meta rkupra saħħtu lura, San Sebastjan kompla jikkonverti ħafna nies għall-Kristjaneżmu qabel ma reġa’ safa martri għat-tieni darba billi ġie msawwat bil-bsaten sal-mewt. [silta] 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/149605 Title: Exuberance to sobriety : church iconography in Malta from the Baroque machina towards a puritan artistic sensibility (1565–1930) Authors: Spiteri, Hilary Abstract: Anyone travelling in Malta can see from a distance how the cityscapes are crowned with the great mass of their churches and belfries. Over time, towns were busy because of their churches, and nowadays, they stand as an image of what a church town used to be. And what was a church town? It was a lifestyle, which breathed through and with its church, where houses huddled below the church’s imposing structure, streets converged to it, and people turned from their everyday activities to gaze at the church. In Malta, churches represented a strong sense of community. The peasant and the knight participated in the life of the church to the same extent and with the same affection during its construction over the decades. Everyone, without exception, was involved in the common life of the parish church. No one in town rested at night without being aware that outside, whether near or far, they too possessed riches. 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/149604 Title: Charting change : the Malta drawing school, artistic education and the Hyzler report relazione dello stato delle scuole del disegno nell’Università di Malta, dal 1802 al 1850 in British colonial Malta Abstract: The National Archives of Malta houses a significant document entitled Relazione dello Stato delle Scuole del Disegno nell’Università di Malta, dal 1802 al 1850 (hereinafter referred to as report) that provides valuable insights into the Malta Drawing School (hereinafter referred to as academy), it’s academic artistic training and the state of art in Malta at the turn of the nineteenth century, as well as its development over the following five decades. Since its initial critical evaluation and publication in 1983, the history of the document’s location has drawn attention, particularly its transfer from the Grand Master’s Palace in Valletta, where it was originally housed, to Santo Spirito, Rabat in 1994 — now the site of the National Archives of Malta. During this period of transition, the document’s whereabouts were lost until it was rediscovered in 2004 during the extensive research undertaken for my Master’s dissertation. Its subsequent analysis was further developed in the 2011 publication, Academic Artistic Training in Early British Malta. 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z