Incunabula in Maltese Libraries
By (author) Rosalia Claudia Giordano By (author) Marco Palma By (author) Anna Scala
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(March 2026)
ISBN: 9791257011727
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This volume describes the incunabula held in Malta, in the libraries of the island’s religious institutions as well as in the National Library of Malta in Valletta. It comprises 94 fifteenth-century editions in 108 volumes, together with eight sixteenth-century editions found in Sammelbände. The catalogue records follow the methods used for the description of manuscripts, paying particular attention to indications of provenance, stamps and manuscript annotations, generally in the hands of former owners – valuable evidence for the reconstruction of the history and circulation of these books as well as revealing of the cultural relations, from courts and universities to monasteries and the religious orders, which prevailed across Europe in different periods.
- Presentations (Owen Bonnici, Cheryl Falzon, Maroma Camilleri)
- Introduction (Anna Scala)
- History of the individual collections
- Birkirkara, Pope Paul VI Library of the Conventual Franciscans (Arthur Saliba OFMConv)
- Floriana, Capuchin Library (Martin Micallef)
- Mdina, Carmelite Priory (Charlò Camilleri OCarm)
- Rabat, Library of the Convent of Our Lady of the Grotto (Krystle Farrugia)
- Rabat, St Thomas of Villanova Library (Rachelle Mizzi)
- Senglea, San Filippu, Archives and Library (Joe Cini SDB)
- Valletta, Augustinian Priory (William Zammit)
- Valletta, Carmelite Priory (Joseph Saliba OCarm)
- Valletta, Library of the Priory of Our Lady of Safe Haven and St Dominic (Paul Gatt OP)
- Valletta, National Library (William Zammit)
- Vittoriosa, Parish Church Museum (Lawrence Zahra)
- Notes towards a history of the Incunabula in Maltese Libraries (Anna Scala)
- Catalogue 125
- A condition survey of the Incunabula in Maltese Libraries (Chanelle Mifsud Briffa)
- Appendix: A Maltese binding (Joseph Schirò)
- Archival sources
- Bibliography
- Websites and databases consulted
- Indexes
- Dates
- Authors, works, incipits
- Names of persons and places
- Publishers and printers
- Places of printing
- Owners
- Editions (ISTC)
- Addenda et corrigenda. Copies not recorded in ISTC
- Lost copies
- Notable features
- List of plates
- Plates
Rosalia Claudia Giordano has worked as a book conservator in public institutions since 1985.
- By (author) Rosalia Claudia Giordano
- By (author) Marco Palma
- By (author) Anna Scala
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