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Title: | Il-Kappella ta’ Santa Katarina fil-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann |
Authors: | Zahra, Frans |
Keywords: | St John’s Co-Cathedral (Valletta, Malta) St John’s Co-Cathedral (Valletta, Malta). Chapel of the Langue of Italy Catherine of Alexandria, Saint -- Statues Euphemia, Saint -- Statues Preti, Mattia, 1613-1699. Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (Valletta, Malta) Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610. St Jerome Writing (Valletta, Malta) Ferri, Ciro, 1634-1689. Sepulchral Monument of Grand Master Gregorio Carafa della Roccella Valletta (Malta) -- History |
Issue Date: | 2004 |
Publisher: | Żejtun : Għaqda ta’ l-Armar 25 ta’ Novembru |
Citation: | Zahra, F. (2004). Il-Kappella ta’ Santa Katarina fil-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann. L-Armar : festa Santa Katarina V.M., Żejtun, 2004, 11 |
Abstract: | Fil-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann nsibu il-kappella tal-Lingwa Taljana ddedikata lil Santa Katarina . L-artal tal-kappella għandu żewġ statwi ta’ rħam abjad pur, jirrappreżentaw lil Santa Katarina tal-Lixandra u lil Santa Ewfemja ta’ Kalċedonja. Il-kwadru titulari hu wieħed mill-aqwa ta’ Preti fi Gżiritna u jirrappreżenta t-tieġ mistiku ta’ Katarina ma’ Gesu’, filwaqt li l-lunetti, xogħol tiegħu stess, juru lil Santa Katarina tiddisputi mal-għorrief tal-Eġittu. Il-kwadru tal-Maddalena hu attribwit lill-iskola ta’ Carreggio, filwaqt li dak ta’ San Girolmu hu attribwit lil Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. L-uniku monument f’din il-kappella ifakkar lil Gran Mastru Gregorio Carafa. Fost opri oħra ta’ preġju nsibu salib tal-artal mogħti mill-Bali Crescimano, wkoll erba gwarniċi bil-karti tal-glorja, żewġ brazzi, sitt gandlieri bieba tat-tabernaklu u ventartal b’medaljun fin-nofs, juri il-martirju ta’ Santa Katarina. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/74207 |
Appears in Collections: | Għaqda ta’ l-Armar 25 ta’ Novembru Melitensia Works - ERCFAArc |
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