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Palace of the Grand Masters in Valletta
Albert Ganado (Consultant Editor)
With thirteen contributions from an outstanding team of scholars, and the inclusion of over 200 illustrations, this is the comprehensive and authoritative book on the Palace, which has always been the highest political seat in Malta and the jewel in the crown of Valletta.
Giovanni Bonello explains how the Palace expanded over the years, while Albert Ganado studies the important prints and paintings depicting the building. Antonio Espinosa Rodriguez and Dominic Cutajar describe The Great Siege Frescoes by Perez d'Aleccio, and the Gobelins Tapestries respectively, while Keith Sciberras and David Stone write about the frescoes by Filippo Paladini and Leonello Spada. The furniture and fittings are described by Joseph Galea Naudi and Denise Micallef, and the portraits by Emmanuel Fiorentino. Victor Mallia Milanes explains the development of pomp and pageantry at the Palace, while Petra Bianchi puts the visitors to the Palace in their historical context, and Nicholas De Piro describes particular social events that took place there. William Soler writes about the knights' astronomical observatory and the Palace Tower, and Stephen Spiteri deals authoritatively with the Palace Armoury.
CONTENTS
Artists's Impressions of the Magistral Palace in Valletta
Albert Ganado
The Grand Masters' Palace in the Making
Giovanni Bonello
The Great Siege Fresco by Perez d'Aleccio
Antonio Espinosa Rodriguez
Paths of Power and Glory - The Hospitaller GrandMaster and his Court in Valletta
Victor Mallia Milanes
Visitors to the Grand Masters' Palace
Petra Bianchi
The Gobelins in the Supreme Council Chamber - Le Tenture des Indes
Dominic C Cutajar
The Knights' Astronomical Observatory and the Palace Tower
William Soler
A Sala d'Armi in the Grand Masters' Palace
Stephen C Spiteri
Saints and Heroes: Frescos by Filippo Paladini and Leonello Spada
Keith Sciberras and David M Stone
Occasions, Social Events & Occurences inside thePalace
Nicholas de Piro
Heraldry in the Magistral Palace
Adrian Strickland
Furniture and Furnishings
Joseph Galea Naudi and Denise Micallef
Portraits and Other Easel Paintings at the Palace
Emmanuel Fiorentino
Appendices
Index
