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The Malta Study Center, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library

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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.

09/02/2026

HMMl's Malta Study Center is pleased to co-sponsor the 2026 IX International Military Orders Conference in Malta organized by Dr. Valeria Vanesio and Dr. Emanuel Buttigieg of the University of Malta. Information can be found on the conference website. https://www.um.edu.mt/events/militaryorders2026/

09/01/2026

HMML's Malta Study Center is pleased to co-sponsor the events and seminar celebrating the 300th anniversary of Benigno Zerafa organized by the Cathedral Archives and Mdina Metropolitan Chapter. The impressive program is detailed on the website dedicated to the events held this fall. For more information, please see the link. https://benignozerafa.metropolitanchapter.com/

08/31/2026

A volume from the Magna Curia Castellaniae Registro delli patenti et bollettini at The National Archives of Malta digitized by the Malta Study Center this past spring. The images are currently in process, and we hope to make the collection available online by the end of 2026.

08/27/2026

Our work at the Museum of the Order of St John will include the digitization of the important watercolors from Charles Frederick de Brocktorff, which provide an important visual record of the Conventual Church of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem in Valletta after the expulsion of the Order in 1798.

08/25/2026

Although we have slowed down a bit with the heat in August, we continue digitizing the Archives of the Order of Malta at the National Library of Malta, currently working on the Libri bullarum. Part of our partnership with Malta Libraries to create access to this important collection.

08/20/2026

A lovely copy of the Office of the Dead of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, printed in Paris in 1741. The edition stands out for being printed by Élisabeth Dubois, the widow of Laurent d'Houry, who was the Order's printer in Paris before he passed away in 1725. Part of the Malta Study Center Collection at HMML. https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/510482

08/17/2026

An engraving by Louis Mazzara showing Fungus Rock in Gozo with a rope cable car connecting the small islet with the larger island. This 19th-century feature was novel, as the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem had restricted access to the islet to protect the plant Cynomorium coccineum, which they believed had medicinal properties. Part of our partnership with the Malta Maritime Museum and Heritage Malta. See it in vHMML Museum https://w3id.org/vhmml/museum/view/3838

08/13/2026

Wonderful pen decorated title page from the "Compendio alphabetico delle gierosolimitane leggi," a 17th-century manuscript at the Museum of the Order of St John. Part of our ongoing digitization project in London.

08/10/2026

Image from the Archivio di Stato di Firenze showing part of the section containing the receipts (ricevute) of the Priory of Pisa of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, part of our Langue of Italy digital preservation project at the State Archives in Florence.

08/08/2026

This ornate title page is from a speech delivered before Pope Clement VII by Thomas Guichard, Vice Chancellor of the Order of St. John. Published in 1524, it summarizes how the Turks had forcibly ejected the Knights Hospitaller from Rhodes two years earlier. Guichard urges the Pope to encourage Christian rulers to show favor to the knights. This is the oldest of 271 historic pamphlets being digitized by the Malta Study Center, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library at the Museum of the Order of St John. https://www.vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/176054

Address

Saint John's University, 2835 Abbey Road
Collegeville, MN
56321

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	8am - 4:30pm
Thursday	8am - 4:30pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

Telephone

+13203633514

Website

https://hmml.org/research/msc/

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