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Country Malta Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
City Birgu Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Repository St. Lawrence Collegiate Church
Collection/Fonds Santo Uffizio Cartolaro
Shelfmark Volume 2. Part 1
Current Status In situ
Type of Record Archival Material
Container 1 volume(s)
Creator Roman Inquisition in Malta
Title

Archives of the Inquisition in Malta, ca. 1553-1801

Scope and Contents

17 volumes, dating from ca. 1553 to 1801. Documents consist mostly of civil proceedings of the Roman Inquisition in Malta. The records also include criminal proceedings, correspondence between the Congregation of the Holy Office in Rome and the Inquisitor of Malta, and other miscellaneous materials.

Historical Note

Documents separated from the main Archives of the Inquisition of Malta, now located primarily in the Cathedral Archives of Mdina, possibly gathered by the last Inquisitorial Assessor, Giovanni Battista Gatt, or the last Inquisitorial Chancellor, Ignazio Debono, after the Archives partial disperal resulting from the French occupation of Malta in June, 1798.

Custodial History

Palace of the Roman Inquisition (Birgu, Malta) until June, 1798; Archives of the Collegiate Church of St. Lawrence, 1814?-Present.

Subject Malta--History--1530-1798 Library of Congress Authorities
Subject Inquisition--Malta
Subject Tribunale del Santo Officio di Malta Library of Congress Authorities
Subject Confraternities--Malta
Subject Processions, Religious Library of Congress Authorities
Genre(s) Legal documents; Bulls (papal); Church records
Feature(s) Coat(s) of arms; Initial(s), Decorated; Seal(s)
Notes

Includes typed contents; original list of contents which covers parts 1 and 2 of Volume 2 on fol. 3r; modern foliation in pencil

Bibliography

William Zammit, “Records of the Roman Inquisition in Malta in the Vittoriosa Collegiate Archive,” In Scientia et religion: Studies in memory of Fr. George Aquilina OFM (1939-2012). Scholar, Archivist and Franciscan Friar (2014), 55-68.

HMML Proj. Num.

APVAIM 00002 VOLUME A

Permanent Link https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/501000
Processed By HMML
Acknowledgments Cataloged by William Zammit
Surrogate Format Digital
Access Restrictions Registered
Rights http://www.vhmml.org/terms
Type of Record Archival Material
Container 1 volume(s)
Support Paper, Parchment
Binding

Bound in red leather over paperboard

Binding Dimensions 32.5 x 7.8 cm
Provenance

Compiled by Canon Antonio Zammit Gabarretta, fol. 424v

Decoration

Coats of arms on fol. 146r, 148r, 151r, 153r, and 155r; decorated initials: “Q” on fol. 146r, “A” on fol. 148r, “P” on fol. 151r, “P” on fol. 153r, “D” on fol. 155r

Century(ies) 17th-18th century
Year Range 1660-1750
Language(s) Italian; Latin
Writing System(s) Roman
Type Manuscript & Print
Item(s) Description

23 items concerning various matters, including processions, confraternities, collegiate chapters, taxation of ecclesiastics, episcopal synods and the erection of monastery of the Misericordia in Valletta and copies of papal briefs

Century(ies) 17th-18th century
Year Range 1660-1750
Support Paper, Parchment
Language(s) Italian; Latin
Writing System(s) Roman
Associated Name Passionei, Paolo, -1766 VIAF
Associated Name Pinto da Fonseca, Emanuel, 1681-1773 Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Decoration

Wax seals on fol. 4v, 12v, 66v, 131v, 145r, 164r, and 278r; insignia on fol. 131v, 145r, 164v

Notes

Parchment documents issued by Inquisitor on fol. 128r-131r and 140r-145r; 5 cases of Melivetana printed in Rome between 1743 and 1744 on fol. 146r-159r

Country Malta Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
City Birgu Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Repository St. Lawrence Collegiate Church
Collection/Fonds Santo Uffizio Cartolaro
Shelfmark Volume 2. Part 1
Current Status In situ
Type of Record Archival Material
Container 1 volume(s)
Creator Roman Inquisition in Malta
Title

Archives of the Inquisition in Malta, ca. 1553-1801

Scope and Contents

17 volumes, dating from ca. 1553 to 1801. Documents consist mostly of civil proceedings of the Roman Inquisition in Malta. The records also include criminal proceedings, correspondence between the Congregation of the Holy Office in Rome and the Inquisitor of Malta, and other miscellaneous materials.

Historical Note

Documents separated from the main Archives of the Inquisition of Malta, now located primarily in the Cathedral Archives of Mdina, possibly gathered by the last Inquisitorial Assessor, Giovanni Battista Gatt, or the last Inquisitorial Chancellor, Ignazio Debono, after the Archives partial disperal resulting from the French occupation of Malta in June, 1798.

Custodial History

Palace of the Roman Inquisition (Birgu, Malta) until June, 1798; Archives of the Collegiate Church of St. Lawrence, 1814?-Present.

Subject Malta--History--1530-1798 Library of Congress Authorities
Subject Inquisition--Malta
Subject Tribunale del Santo Officio di Malta Library of Congress Authorities
Subject Confraternities--Malta
Subject Processions, Religious Library of Congress Authorities
Genre(s) Legal documents; Bulls (papal); Church records
Feature(s) Coat(s) of arms; Initial(s), Decorated; Seal(s)
Notes

Includes typed contents; original list of contents which covers parts 1 and 2 of Volume 2 on fol. 3r; modern foliation in pencil

Bibliography

William Zammit, “Records of the Roman Inquisition in Malta in the Vittoriosa Collegiate Archive,” In Scientia et religion: Studies in memory of Fr. George Aquilina OFM (1939-2012). Scholar, Archivist and Franciscan Friar (2014), 55-68.

HMML Proj. Num.

APVAIM 00002 VOLUME A

Permanent Link https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/501000
Processed By HMML
Acknowledgments Cataloged by William Zammit
Surrogate Format Digital
Access Restrictions Registered
Rights http://www.vhmml.org/terms
Type of Record Archival Material
Container 1 volume(s)
Support Paper, Parchment
Binding

Bound in red leather over paperboard

Binding Dimensions 32.5 x 7.8 cm
Provenance

Compiled by Canon Antonio Zammit Gabarretta, fol. 424v

Decoration

Coats of arms on fol. 146r, 148r, 151r, 153r, and 155r; decorated initials: “Q” on fol. 146r, “A” on fol. 148r, “P” on fol. 151r, “P” on fol. 153r, “D” on fol. 155r

Century(ies) 17th-18th century
Year Range 1660-1750
Language(s) Italian; Latin
Writing System(s) Roman
Type Manuscript & Print
Item(s) Description

23 items concerning various matters, including processions, confraternities, collegiate chapters, taxation of ecclesiastics, episcopal synods and the erection of monastery of the Misericordia in Valletta and copies of papal briefs

Century(ies) 17th-18th century
Year Range 1660-1750
Support Paper, Parchment
Language(s) Italian; Latin
Writing System(s) Roman
Associated Name Passionei, Paolo, -1766 VIAF
Associated Name Pinto da Fonseca, Emanuel, 1681-1773 Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Decoration

Wax seals on fol. 4v, 12v, 66v, 131v, 145r, 164r, and 278r; insignia on fol. 131v, 145r, 164v

Notes

Parchment documents issued by Inquisitor on fol. 128r-131r and 140r-145r; 5 cases of Melivetana printed in Rome between 1743 and 1744 on fol. 146r-159r

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