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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 2
Current Status In situ
Type of Record Archival Material
Container 1 volume(s)
Extent 479 leaf(ves)
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 Festivals--Malta
Genre(s) Legal documents; Canon law
Feature(s) Seal(s)
Notes

Includes typed contents; original list of contents which covers parts 1 and 2 of Volume 2 in Volume 2. Part 1, 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 B

Permanent Link https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/501001
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)
Extent 479 leaf(ves)
Support Paper, Parchment
Binding

Bound in red leather over paperboard

Binding Dimensions 32.8 x 7.5 cm
Provenance

Compiled by Canon Antonio Zammit Gabarretta, fol. 479v

Decoration

Wax seals on fol. 31r, 85v, 336v, 342v, 385v, 404r, 406r, 422v, 447r

Century(ies) 16th-18th century
Year Range 1594-1700
Language(s) Italian; Latin
Writing System(s) Roman
Type Manuscript
Item(s) Description

29 items concerning various matters, including episcopal synods and pastoral visits, married clerics, religious feasts and their celebration, and St. Paul’s Grotto at Rabat, Malta 

Century(ies) 16th-18th century
Year Range 1594-1700
Support Paper, Parchment
Language(s) Italian; Latin
Writing System(s) Roman
Associated Name Coccopalmieri, Davide, 1632-1711
Notes

Bishop Davide Coccopalmieri's Synod of 1703, fol. 149r-305r; survey of all the churches in the Diocese of Malta completed between 1658-1663, fol. 451r-477r; parchment document on fol. 85

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 2
Current Status In situ
Type of Record Archival Material
Container 1 volume(s)
Extent 479 leaf(ves)
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 Festivals--Malta
Genre(s) Legal documents; Canon law
Feature(s) Seal(s)
Notes

Includes typed contents; original list of contents which covers parts 1 and 2 of Volume 2 in Volume 2. Part 1, 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 B

Permanent Link https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/501001
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)
Extent 479 leaf(ves)
Support Paper, Parchment
Binding

Bound in red leather over paperboard

Binding Dimensions 32.8 x 7.5 cm
Provenance

Compiled by Canon Antonio Zammit Gabarretta, fol. 479v

Decoration

Wax seals on fol. 31r, 85v, 336v, 342v, 385v, 404r, 406r, 422v, 447r

Century(ies) 16th-18th century
Year Range 1594-1700
Language(s) Italian; Latin
Writing System(s) Roman
Type Manuscript
Item(s) Description

29 items concerning various matters, including episcopal synods and pastoral visits, married clerics, religious feasts and their celebration, and St. Paul’s Grotto at Rabat, Malta 

Century(ies) 16th-18th century
Year Range 1594-1700
Support Paper, Parchment
Language(s) Italian; Latin
Writing System(s) Roman
Associated Name Coccopalmieri, Davide, 1632-1711
Notes

Bishop Davide Coccopalmieri's Synod of 1703, fol. 149r-305r; survey of all the churches in the Diocese of Malta completed between 1658-1663, fol. 451r-477r; parchment document on fol. 85

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