https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/55067 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 23:07:54 GMT 2026-04-05T23:07:54Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/36854 Title: Book reviews Abstract: This document contains a series of book reviews from the year 1968. Mon, 01 Jan 1968 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/36854 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/36774 Title: Attivita' culturali Italiane in Malta Abstract: The Italian influence in Malta was always a substantial, albeit brief one- writes Sir Arturo Mercieca. One of the pillars of this influence was the Italian Cultural Institute which is situated in Valletta. Mon, 01 Jan 1968 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/36774 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/36772 Title: Diodorus Melitensis Abstract: Maltese-born expatriate Diodorus Melitensis lived in Marsala, Sicily when he became entangled in a dispute with ex-propraetor Gaius Verres involving the theft of silverware. Busuttil talks about Cicero's passage that describes the transgression. Mon, 01 Jan 1968 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/36772 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/36767 Title: Correspondence relative to the painting of the "Madonna of Philermos" Abstract: Camilleri gives a historical insight about the painting of Our Lady of Philermos which once stood framed in St. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta. Upon the advent of the French invasion of Malta and the subsequent expulsion of Grand Master Ferdinando de Hompesch, the painting was taken and presented to Paul I, Emperor of Russia. Mon, 01 Jan 1968 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/36767 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z