https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/32082 2026-04-12T19:19:28Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/25159 Title: Quintinus' 'Insulae Melitae Descriptio' (1536) and later writers Abstract: The influence of Quintinus' Insulae Melitae Descriptio (Lyons, 1536) on writings about Malta has been immense, as has recently been shown. Johannes Quintinus Haeduus, a priest and a Knight of St John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta, wrote what is known to be the first long printed description of Malta during his stay there from 1530 to 1536. Only a few years after its publication, Quintinus' description started to leave its mark on scholars and other writers writing about Malta, even down to the present century. Because of the rarity of copies of the book, quite a few writers of the nineteenth century appear not to have known of him, while earlier writers were obliged to follow others in quoting Quintinus or referring to him. Modern facilities, however, have made Quintinus' book more accessible to scholars, while research in the manuscripts of the Order has provided further information about Malta. 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/25157 Title: The critical fortunes of 'Great Expectations' Abstract: This article discusses the reception of Great Expectations when it was published during a period when Dickens' reputation had somewhat fallen in the late 1850s. Characters and plot are compared to with his other works and what the novel means in the author's portfolio of work. Description: The extract from the York Handbook An Introduction to Literary Criticism by Richard Dutton (Longman/York Press, Harlow and Beirut 1984) 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/25156 Title: Hyphen : Volume 6, Number 5 Editors: Mallia-Milanes, Victor; Scerri, Louis J.; Zammit Ciantar, Joe; Caruana Carabez, Charles Abstract: Hyphen, Volume 6, No. 5 (1991) Description: Includes Systems of Knowledge Exam Papers November 1990 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/25155 Title: Various ways of seeing an UFO Abstract: The Times of 27 October 1989 published a photograph of an UFO over Xernxija Bay. The accompanying story only reported from where and how the picture had been taken. According to The Times, the photographer stood at San Martin, and: 'The moment the photographer pressed the trigger, he spotted something flashing in the sky through the viewfinder. When he removed the camera from in front of his eyes, all he could see was a speck which seemed to have disintegrated into thin air.' With commendable reticence the editors did not try to give any sort of interpretation for this purported phenomenon. To them the lozenge-shaped object was apparently exactly what the abbreviation stands for: an Unidentified Flying Object, no more, no less. 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z