Author:  Martina Caruana

Size 16.5cm x 23cm

Soft cover

Number of pages: 64 pages

ISBN: 99909-68-34-9

This superbly illustrated and carefully research book reproduces a wealth of illustrations from the collection of illuminated manuscripts of St. John's Museum, Valletta, together with examples from the Cathedral Museum, Mdina and the National Library, Valletta.  It is a publication that is invaluable to anyone wishing to increase their enjoyment of illuminated manuscripts and those wishing to enrich their knowledge of art treasures in Malta.


Martina Caruana is a graduate in Music and History of Art and holds a Master degree in the latter.  Her area of specialisation is manuscript Illumination, the subject of her thesis being The L'Isle Adam Liturgical Choral Books and other Illuminated Liturgical and Devotional Codices in Maltese Collections. She has lectured on the subject and on the art of manuscript illumination in general at the University of Malta.

Book Mark

The L'Isle Adam Illuminated Manuscripts and other Illuminated Choral books in Malta


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