ARTICLES

Malta's first Museum - Giovanni Francesco Abela and his Museo di San Giacomo
Thomas Freller discusses the international impact this museum had on the erudite world of the seventeenth century

The Carnival Battitu or Parata in the eighteenth century
Anna Borg Cardona discusses the origins of this dance and the intricacies of a pertaining eighteenth-century contract

From the Albert Ganado Collection

The Giuliana Masini
Franco Masini

My Favourite Object
John Edward Critien

Un Republicain Maltais a Paris - Ascertaining the authorship of the Recherches Historiques at Politiques sur Malte
Robert Thake reveals the identity of the author of this controversial and much-debated book

Melitensia Curios
William Thake

Pipi tal-Qasba illustrated
John Wood presents a selection of pipes as depicted in various works of art

The Chrestion Inscription
Joseph Busuttil

Antonio Sciortino - A modern pioneer in Maltese sculpture
Kristina Cassar evaluates some key pieces within the oeuvre of this avant-garde artist

The Monument to Lord Strickland at the Upper Barrakka Gardens
Ingrid Ross

Philatelic
Giovanni Bonello

Letters to the Editor

The Cover

Cultural Calendar
Cecilia Xuereb

Diary of Events