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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 7. Part 2
Current Status In situ
Type of Record Archival Material
Container 1 volume(s)
Extent 390 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

All Cases in Volume 7. Parts 1-3 with original sequential numbering. The original contents list 120 civil cases in Volume 7. Part 1, however, only the first 19 cases are presently to be found in this volume, with the exception of Case 11, which is also missing. Cases 20 to 40 are to be found in Volume 7. Part 2, and Cases 41 to 120 in Volume 7. Part 3. The documents were recovered from war debris in 1941 and were bound in this volume in January 1987.

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 Capuchins--Malta
Subject Knights of Malta Library of Congress Authorities
Subject Sardinia (Italy)--History--1708-1861 Library of Congress Authorities
Genre(s) Legal documents; Trial proceedings
Feature(s) Drawing(s); Plan(s); Seal(s)
Notes

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 00007 VOLUME B

Permanent Link https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/501040
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 390 leaf(ves)
Support Paper
Binding

Bound in red leather over paperboard

Binding Dimensions 33 x 6.5 cm
Decoration

Wax seals on fol. 45r, 53v, 174v, 176r, 358r, 382v, and 383r; building plan on fol. 138v; genealogy on fol. 36r

Century(ies) 18th century
Year Range 1793-1798
Language(s) Italian; Latin
Writing System(s) Roman
Type Manuscript & Print
Item(s) Description

18 Civil Acts, concerning Cases of various matters, including the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Capuchins in Malta, and the Order of Malta. Volume includes cases 20-28 and 30-40, with Case 29 missing

Century(ies) 18th century
Year Range 1793-1798
Support Paper
Language(s) Italian; Latin
Writing System(s) Roman
Notes

Printed form bearing the signature and seal of Paulus Aloysius Silva, Assessor of the Supreme Congregation of the Holy Office (Rome: 1795), fol. 174v

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 7. Part 2
Current Status In situ
Type of Record Archival Material
Container 1 volume(s)
Extent 390 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

All Cases in Volume 7. Parts 1-3 with original sequential numbering. The original contents list 120 civil cases in Volume 7. Part 1, however, only the first 19 cases are presently to be found in this volume, with the exception of Case 11, which is also missing. Cases 20 to 40 are to be found in Volume 7. Part 2, and Cases 41 to 120 in Volume 7. Part 3. The documents were recovered from war debris in 1941 and were bound in this volume in January 1987.

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 Capuchins--Malta
Subject Knights of Malta Library of Congress Authorities
Subject Sardinia (Italy)--History--1708-1861 Library of Congress Authorities
Genre(s) Legal documents; Trial proceedings
Feature(s) Drawing(s); Plan(s); Seal(s)
Notes

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 00007 VOLUME B

Permanent Link https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/501040
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 390 leaf(ves)
Support Paper
Binding

Bound in red leather over paperboard

Binding Dimensions 33 x 6.5 cm
Decoration

Wax seals on fol. 45r, 53v, 174v, 176r, 358r, 382v, and 383r; building plan on fol. 138v; genealogy on fol. 36r

Century(ies) 18th century
Year Range 1793-1798
Language(s) Italian; Latin
Writing System(s) Roman
Type Manuscript & Print
Item(s) Description

18 Civil Acts, concerning Cases of various matters, including the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Capuchins in Malta, and the Order of Malta. Volume includes cases 20-28 and 30-40, with Case 29 missing

Century(ies) 18th century
Year Range 1793-1798
Support Paper
Language(s) Italian; Latin
Writing System(s) Roman
Notes

Printed form bearing the signature and seal of Paulus Aloysius Silva, Assessor of the Supreme Congregation of the Holy Office (Rome: 1795), fol. 174v

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