The Malta Study Center, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library

The Malta Study Center, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library Digital preservation of the cultural hertiage of Malta and the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem.

The Malta Study Center maintains a digital collection of over 2.5 million manuscript images and a microfilm collection of more than 16,000 documents and dossiers of documents from Malta, covering the period of the 12th to the 20th century. The materials include the Archives of the Knights of Malta, the Cathedral Museum in Mdina, the Archives of the Inquisition, ecclesiastical records of the dioces

es of Malta and Gozo, and musical compositions. The Center now sponsors digitization projects to preserve the history of Malta and the Knights of Saint John. It acquires antiquarian and modern publications dealing with Malta's history, literature, and culture, in addition to materials pertaining to the Knights of Saint John and Mediterranean history.

Yesterday in Florence, Italy, we held the “The Order of Saint John and Family Archives: Mapping Hidden Networks of Memor...
06/12/2026

Yesterday in Florence, Italy, we held the “The Order of Saint John and Family Archives: Mapping Hidden Networks of Memory” Conference bringing together archivists and scholars discussing the Order’s records in the Buonarroti, Corsini, Colonna, Aldobrandini, Barberini, and De Piro archives. The conference was at the Archivio di Stato di Firenze and organized by Dr Valeria Vanesio and Dr Daniel Gullo.

Preparing procedures for the digitization of large family trees bound in volumes at the Archivio di Stato di Firenze. ...
06/06/2026

Preparing procedures for the digitization of large family trees bound in volumes at the Archivio di Stato di Firenze.

Iron gall ink corrosion and brittle pages due to heat and acidification remain a significant and urgent threat to the su...
06/04/2026

Iron gall ink corrosion and brittle pages due to heat and acidification remain a significant and urgent threat to the survival of the Archives of the Order of Malta at the National Library of Malta. Our digitization project is therefore essential, and will help digitally preserve the archive until future conservation can take place to preserve the volume.

Edmund Waterton's "Roll of the English Knights Hospitallers of the S. Order of St. Iohn of Ierusalem from 1100 to 1859" ...
06/02/2026

Edmund Waterton's "Roll of the English Knights Hospitallers of the S. Order of St. Iohn of Ierusalem from 1100 to 1859" was the first modern attempt to create a systematic list of the membership of the Langue of England, including the Sisters of Buckland. the work was created as part of the attempts restore of the Order of Saint John during the Catholic revival in England during the nineteenth century. Part of our digitization project at the Museum of the Order of St John. See it in HMML Reading Room https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/882219

Not all volumes of the Registro delli patenti et bollettini of the Magna Curia Castellaniae are bound. The records The N...
05/28/2026

Not all volumes of the Registro delli patenti et bollettini of the Magna Curia Castellaniae are bound. The records The National Archives of Malta also include boxes of loose papers, most of which suffer from water and humidity damage. Our digitization project helps preserve these documents waiting for long-term conservation care.

A new acquisition to the Malta Study Center collection: "Listes de messieurs les chevaliers des trois venerables Langues...
05/27/2026

A new acquisition to the Malta Study Center collection: "Listes de messieurs les chevaliers des trois venerables Langues de Provence, Auvergne, et France, faittes en 1761" printed in Malta by Niccolò Capaci. See it in HMML Reading Room https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/609424

HMML's Malta Study Center is pleased to co-sponsor the one-day seminar, "The Order of Saint John and Family Archives: Ma...
05/25/2026

HMML's Malta Study Center is pleased to co-sponsor the one-day seminar, "The Order of Saint John and Family Archives: Mapping Hidden Networks of Memory" in partnership with the Library Information & Archive Sciences at UM, Archivio di Stato di Firenze, and generale Archivi to be held 11 June 2026 at the Archivio di Stato di Firenze. Attendance at the seminar is free and open to the public. The seminar is co-organized by Dr. Daniel K. Gullo and Dr. Valeria Vanesio.

Engraved portrait of Grand Master Antonio Manoel de Vilhena from the "Leggi, e constituzioni prammaticali rinuovate, rif...
05/23/2026

Engraved portrait of Grand Master Antonio Manoel de Vilhena from the "Leggi, e constituzioni prammaticali rinuovate, riformate, ed ampliate" printed in Malta in 1724, showing the Grand Master and Fort Manoel. Part of our digitization project at the Museum of the Order of St John.

My sincere thanks to the Order of Malta - Grand Priory of England for inviting me to present at their Chapter Talk at th...
05/21/2026

My sincere thanks to the Order of Malta - Grand Priory of England for inviting me to present at their Chapter Talk at the Priory in London, where I explored the role of images and iconography in cultivating the Order of Malta's identity and spirituality in early modern manuscripts and printed works. I am incredibly grateful for the hospitality and delightful conversation.

Large volume from the Registro delli patenti et bollettini series of the Magna Curia Castellaniae fonds at The National ...
05/20/2026

Large volume from the Registro delli patenti et bollettini series of the Magna Curia Castellaniae fonds at The National Archives of Malta currently being digitized by the Malta Study Center.

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56321

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