https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/41952 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:28:49 GMT 2026-04-27T06:28:49Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/42024 Title: The Gozo prisons graffiti Abstract: Joseph Muscat and Joanne Cassar write a detailed report on the graffiti found in Gozitan prisons drawn by prisoners ranging from Medieval times to the Knights of the Order of St. John. Sat, 01 Jan 1994 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/42024 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/42018 Title: Malta's relations with the Holy See in postcolonial times (since 1964) Abstract: Koster researches about the rocky relationship between the Church and State in post-independence Malta. In 1987, however, the author states that this relationship greatly improved. Sat, 01 Jan 1994 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/42018 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/42017 Title: The apse of the choir in the church of St. Philip of Aggira at Żebbuġ Abstract: This document includes information about the history, architecture and sculpture of the Parish Church of St. Philip of Agira in Zebbug. Sat, 01 Jan 1994 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/42017 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/24846 Title: A bibliography of Giovanni Antonio Ciantar's printed works Authors: Zammit, William Abstract: Count Giovanni Antonio Ciantar (1696-1778) has for long been regarded as the leading eighteenth century Maltese historian and letterato. Noted for his erudition and literary prolificity, Ciantar's permanent renown was, however, to rest to a very considerable extent on his Malta lIlustrata; a corrected and updated two volume edition of Giovanni Francesco Abela's Della Descrittione di Malta of 1647. This undoubtedly monumental undertaking, upon which Ciantar spent no less than sixteen years, certainly passed on to him the near-sacred aura which had surrounded Abela and his work since 1647. Abela-Ciantar was to remain, until quite recently, the undisputed master of the Maltese historiographical field, being quoted – and indeed plagiarized - extensively in many historical works. This synonimity of Ciantar with Malta iIIustrata though guaranteeing the fame of the author and, by comparison, dwarfing some of his contemporary Maltese letterati into insignificance was to result in the relative ignoring of Ciantar's all-round literary activity and, in particular, of his formative role within the Maltese eighteenth century cultural milieu. With the inevitable if overdue critical appraisal of Abela's Descrittione and the somewhat tarnishing of its image, Ciantar was similarly to recede in prominence, being obviously responsible for the invigoration of Abela's seventeenth century follies. Sat, 01 Jan 1994 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/24846 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z