The Order Of Saint John Of Jerusalem, Of Rhodes, And Of Malta: HMML Special Collections
The Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and of Malta
HMML's Malta Study Center maintains one of the largest rare book and manuscript collections dedicated to the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and of Malta in North America. The collection includes incunabula, manuscripts, maps, archival material, rare printed books and ephemera dating from the 15th to the 20th century.
Highlights
The Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
Manuscripts and early printed material related to the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
- Letter from Grand Master Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam to Duke Francesco II Sforza (1534)
- Marc'Antonio Zondonari, Breve e Particolare Istruzione del Sacro Ordine Militare degli Ospitalari (1724)
- Statuta Ordinis Domus Hospitalis Hierusalem (1556)
- Statuta Hospitalis Hierusalem (1588)
- Mémoire pour l'ambassadeur de Malte contre mademoiselle Prévost (1726-1750)
Melitensia
Manuscripts and early printed works related to Malta under the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
- Giovanni Abela, Della Descrittione di Malta Isola nel Mare Siciliano con le sve Antichita (1647)
- Mery Blondel de Croisettes, Discorso intorno al supplemento del recinto della città Valletta (1687)
- Burchard Niderstedt, Malta Vetvs et Nova (1660)
- Jean Quintin, Insulae Melitae descriptio (1536)
- Emanuel de Rohan Polduc, Codice del Sacro Militare Ordine Gerosolimitano (1782)
Incunabula
Two rare 15th-century printed books related to the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
- Pierre d'Aubusson, De obsidione urbis Rhodiae ad Fridericum imperatorem (1480)
- Guillaum Caoursin, Obsidionis Rhodiae urbis descriptio (1480)
The Order of Santo Stefano Papa e Martire
An Italian military order founded by the Medici modelled on the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
- Privilege of Ferdinando I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, concerning the foundation of the Priory of Florence (1589)
- Privilege of Ferdinando I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, concerning the foundation of the Priory of Urbino (1589)
- Ruolo de' cavalieri e commende dell'Ordine di Santo Stefano Papa e Martire (1755)
- Statuti e constitutioni dell'Ordine de' Cavalieri di Santo Stefano (1577)
- Statuti dell'ordine de' Cavalieri di S.to Stefano (1655)
Cartography
Maps of Malta under the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
- Joan Blaeu, Melite Insvla, vulgo Malta (1665)
- Antonini Bova, Pianta Geografica delle Isole di Malta e Gozo (1761)
- Nicolás de Fer, Plans des Vieilles et Nouvelles Fortifications de Malthe (1694)
- Sebastian Münster, Melita (1578)
- Thomas Salmon, La città della Valetta nell’isola di Malta (1762)