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Title: L-aħwa Cotoner
Authors: Bonnici, Arthur
Keywords: Cotoner y de Oleza, Rafael, 1601-1663
Cotoner y de Oleza, Nicolas, 1608-1680
Knights of Malta -- Malta -- History
Order of St John -- Malta -- History
Malta -- History -- Knights of Malta, 1530-1798
St John’s Co-Cathedral (Valletta, Malta)
Art -- Malta -- History -- Knights of Malta, 1530-1798
Cotoner y de Oleza, Rafael, 1601-1663 -- Art patronage
Cotoner y de Oleza, Nicolas, 1608-1680 -- Art patronage
Issue Date: 1975-11-29
Publisher: Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Malta
Citation: Bonniċi, A. (1975, November 29). L-aħwa Cotoner. Leħen is-Sewwa, pp. 3.
Abstract: Dan l-artiklu jitratta l-ahwa Cotoner meta kienu Granmastri ta' Malta. Ir-Rinaxximent jew qawmien artistiku li nibet u kiber fl-Ewropa matul is-Seklu XV u XVI, iffjorixxa hafna f'Malta fit-tieni nofs tas-seklu XVII, ma' Magistraturi taz-zewg Granmastri ahwa Rafael u Nikola Cotoner, li kienu patruni l-aktar kbar ta' l-arti fi gziritna. Infatti f'hafna postijiet nsibu l-arma familjari taghhom - ix-xitla tal-qoton fuq sfond tad-deheb. L-awtur f'dan l-artiklu jsemmi kemm minn dawn l-opri artisitici li jfakkruna fl-ahwa Cotoner jinsabu fil-bini tal-Knisja Kon-katedrali ta' San Gwann. Jsemmi ukoll il-prosperita' li kien hawn Malta taht il-hakma ta Rafael Cotoner. Wara l-mewt tieghu, lahaq huh, Nikola Cotoner li kompla jiffortifika ahjar l-inhawi ta' madwar il-Birgu, tejjeb il-Lazzarett f'Manoel Island, waqqaf katedra tal-kirurgija u korsijiet ta' medicina godda fis-Sacra Infermeria u l-Knisja ta' Sarrija (minhabba il-Pesta tal 1675) ; kif ukoll thabat biex kabbar ix-xtajta tal-Port il-Kbir
Description: From the private collection of Mr Salvino Camilleri.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/49027
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