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Archiva Paroecialia (A.P.)

Archives of the Parishes of Malta and Gozo
855 mss.

This section contains the archives of the parish churches of Malta and Gozo. The earliest records date from 1539; the most recent from 1986. The parish archives record the baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and deaths of the inhabitants. Some of the recorders also noted unusual events in the life of the parish. Two of the parishes, Lija and Cospicua, preserved music manuscripts.

Original manuscripts are housed in the parishes; microfilm copies are held by the Malta Study Center, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Permission to reproduce microfilms must be obtained from the parish that owns them.

Index of Parish Archives

A.P. Asciack (15 mss, 1626-1908)
A. P. Attard (11 mss, 1581-1917)
A.P. Birkirkara (51 mss, 1557-1869)
A.P. Cospicua (205 mss, 1587-19th century)
A.P. Casalis Gargur (11 mss, 1599-1914)
A.P. Ecclesia Cathedralis S. Pauli (42 mss, 1539-1974)
A.P. Ecclesia Collegialis S. Laurenti Civitatis Victoriosae (20 mss, 1558-1876)
A.P. Gharb, Gozo (12 mss, 1679-1887)
A.P. Gudja (1 ms, 1555-1675)
A.P. Lija (1 ms)
A.P. Mqabba (2 mss, 1599-1675)
A.P. Naxxar (22 mss, 1545-1895)
A.P. Qormi (Curmi) (3 mss, 1563-1634)
A.P. Rabat (173 mss, 1588-1966)
A.P. Senglea (23 mss, 1585-1912)
A.P. Siggiewi (3 mss, 1555-1671)
A.P. Valletta (Our Lady of Damascus, Greek Catholic Church) (1 ms, 1584-1977)
A.P. Valletta (St. George, Orthodox Church) (1 ms, 1815-1920)
A.P. Valletta (Porto Salvo) (46 mss, 1573-1830)
A.P. Valletta (Ecclesia Collegialis S. Pauli Civitatis Vallettae) (105 mss, 1595-1873)
A.P. Xaghra, Gozo (47 mss, 1689-1986)
A.P. Xewkija, Gozo (6 mss, 1649-1904)
A. P. Zabbar (5 mss, 1616-1811)
A.P. Zebbug (Rohan) (6 mss, 1550-1720)
A.P. Zejtun (Sanctae Catharinae) (43 mss, 1580-1866)
A.P. Zurrieq (22 mss, 1567-1904)

A.P. Asciack (15 mss)

Archives of the parish of Asciack

Baptisms 1626-1827 (7 mss)
Confirmations 1626-1908 (4 mss)
Marriages 1627-1887 (5 mss)
Deaths 1626-1894 (5 mss)


Contents:

  • Vol. 1. Liber primus: Baptizatorum; matrimoniorum; mortuorum; confirmatorum. Indexed, with a list of parish priests (ff. iv-vi), masses, and dispositions. (HMML #Malta 8043)
  • Vol. 2. Liber secundus: baptizatorum (1675-1720); matrimoniorum (1675-1747). (HMML #Malta 8044)
  • Vol. 3. Liber tertius mortuorum (1675-1747) baptizatorum (1721-1733). Includes masses, dispositions, a list of clerics who died at Casalis Asciack between 1626 - 1796 (f. iv v); a brief, detailed description of the French occupation of Malta 1798-1800 (ff. 98-99); and confirmations (1686, 1693, ff. 100-103). (HMML #Malta 8045)
  • Vol. 4. Liber tertius: Confirmatorum (1699-1848) (HMML #Malta 8046)
  • Vol. 5. Liber baptizatorum (1734-1770) (HMML #Malta 8047)
  • Vol. 6. Liber tertius et quartus mortuorum (1747-1815). Indexed, combines two volumes into one. Also contains: "Memoria per i successori" (f. 1); "Edictum pro recutione missarum" (ff. 80-129); "Indice delle ultime volonta'" (ff. 130-131); "Pro memorie" (f. 132); a description of the plague in Malta of 1813 with records of deaths for June to October (ff. 37-44); and the will of Gius. Gauci. (f. 48). (HMML #Malta 8048)
  • Vols. 7-8. Liber tertius matrimoniorum (1747-1805) et Liber octavus baptizatorum (1770-1800). Indexed, combines two volumes into one. Volume 8 originally labeled Liber quintus baptizatorum. Vol. 7. also contains: "In memoria a' miei successori" (a memo by Parish Priest Sac. Mamo to his successors) (f. ii); works carried out for the embellishment of the parish church (f. iv); and an extract from the Registrum supplicationum extant at the Magna Curia Episcopalis Melitensis (f. 53a). Vol. 8 also contains: a list of previous parish priests (f. ii); a note on feasts of the relics (f. 2); and a note on exemption by the French authorities in favor of the farmers (f. ii). (HMML #Malta 8049)
  • Vols. 9-10. Liber sextus baptizatorum (1800-1814) et Liber quartus matrimoniorum (1805-1853). Indexed. (HMML #Malta 8050)
  • Vol. 11. Liber septimus baptizatorum (1814-1852). Indexed. (HMML #Malta 8051)
  • Vol. 12. Liber quartus mortuorum (1815-1836). Indexed, contains dispositions. Also contains "Nota delle sepulture che nel sotterraneo della chiesa sono donate con Gius Patronato" (f. 39); and "Nota delle sepulture che vi sono nel cimiterio di Gius Patronato" (f. 40). (HMML #Malta 8052)
  • Vol. 13. Liber sextus mortuorum (1837-1894). Indexed. Contains dispositions. The cover is erroneously dated 1837-1905. (HMML #Malta 8053)
  • Vol. 14. Liber quartus confirmatorum (1849-1908). (HMML #Malta 8054)
  • Vol. 16. Liber quintus matrimoniorum (1854-1887). Indexed. (HMML #Malta 8055)

A.P. Attard (11 mss)

Archiva paroecialia: Ecclesia paroecialis casalis Attard
Archives of the parish church of Attard

Baptisms 1581-1857 (5 mss)
Confirmations 1667-1887 (1 ms)
Marriages 1581-1871 (3 mss)
Deaths 1622-1917 (4 mss)
Contents:

1.      Liber baptizatorum, vols 1-2, 1581-1602, 1605-1662 (see note page 74); Liber matrimoniorum, vols. 1-2, 1581-1633. A twentieth-century transcription of one or more original volumes. P. 74: "I battesimi degli anni 1603-1604 non si trovano." (HMML #Malta 5936)

2.      Liber baptizatorum, vol. 3 (1662-1678); Liber confirmatorum, vol. 3 (1667-1887) (HMML #Malta 5937)

3.      Liber baptizatorum, vol. 4 (1679-1755) (HMML #Malta 5938)

4.      Liber baptizatorum, vol. 5 (1755-1836) (HMML #Malta 5939)

5.      Liber baptizatorum, vol. 6 (1837-1857) (HMML #Malta 5940)

6.      Liber matrimoniorum, vol. 3 (1679-1815) (HMML #Malta 5941)

7.      Liber matrimoniorum, vol. 4 (1815-1871) (HMML #Malta 5942)

8.      Liber defunctorum, vol. 3 (1622-1755) (HMML #Malta 5943). Indexed. Contains an index of last wills (pp. iii, iv) and a list of legacies (f. 103).

9.      Liber defunctorum, vol. 4 (1755-1828) (HMML #Malta 5944). Contains an alphabetical index covering 28 June 1755 to 31 January 1779.

10.    Liber defunctorum, vol. 5 (1829-1875) (HMML #Malta 5945)

11.    Liber defunctorum, vol. 6 (1876-1917) (HMML #Malta 5946)

Index:
Baptisms
  • Liber baptizatorum, vols 1-2 (1581-1662)
  • Liber baptizatorum, vol. 3 (1662-1678)
  • Liber baptizatorum, vol. 4 (1679-1755)
  • Liber baptizatorum, vol. 5 (1755-1836)
  • Liber baptizatorum, vol. 6 (1837-1857)
Confirmations
  • Liber confirmatorum, vol. 3 (1667-1887)
Marriages
  • Liber matrimoniorum, vols 1-2 (1581-1633)
  • Liber matrimoniorum, vol. 3 (1679-1815)
  • Liber matrimoniorum, vol. 4 (1815-1871)
Deaths
  • Liber defunctorum, vol. 3 (1622-1755)
  • Liber defunctorum, vol. 4 (1755-1828)
  • Liber defunctorum, vol. 5 (1829-1875)
  • Liber defunctorum, vol. 6 (1876-1917)

A.P. Birkirkara (51 mss)
Archivum paroeciale loci Bircircara
Archive of the parish of Birkirkara

Baptisms 1557-1936 (27 mss)
Marriages1558-1926 (13 mss)
Deaths 1557-1928 (12 mss)

 

Contents:

1.      Liber primus baptizatorum (1557-1615) (HMML #Malta 2737)

2.      Liber baptizatorum, vol. 2 (1616-1642) (HMML #Malta 7337)

3.      Liber baptizatorum, vol. 3 (1642-1701) (HMML #Malta 7338). Recently rebound, with errors in foliation.

4.      Liber baptizatorum, vol. 4 (1702-1730) (HMML #Malta 7339)

5.      Liber baptizatorum, vol. 5 (1731-1744) (HMML #Malta 7340). Recently rebound, with error in foliation.

6.      Liber baptizatorum, vol. 6 (1745-1771) (HMML #Malta 7341). Recently rebound, with errors in foliation.

7.      Liber baptizatorum, vol. 7 (1772-1779) (HMML #Malta 7342).

8.      Liber baptizatorum, vol. 8 (1779-1786) (HMML #Malta 7343)

9.      Liber baptizatorum, vol. 9 (1786-1800) (HMML #Malta 7344)

10.    Liber baptizatorum, vol. 10 (1800-1818) (HMML #Malta 7345)

11.    Liber baptizatorum, vol. 11 (1818-1840) (HMML #Malta 7346)

12.    Liber baptizatorum, vol. 12 (1840-1851) (HMML #Malta 7347)

13.    Liber baptizatorum, vol. 13 (1851-1860) (HMML #Malta 7348). Includes baptisms celebrated at the vice parish of Msida (December 1859 and January 1860).

14.    Liber baptizatorum, vol. 14 (1860-1869) (HMML #Malta 7349). Includes baptismal entries for the vice parishes of Msida, St. Julian's, and Sliema (registered separately on a monthly basis).

15.    Liber baptizatorum, vol. 15 (1869-1877) (HMML #Malta 7350). Includes baptismal entries for the vice parishes of St. Julian's and Stella Maris, Sliema (registered separately on a monthly basis after those of the main parish church of B'Kara).

16.    Liber baptizatorum, vol. 16 (1877-1888) (HMML #Malta 7351). Includes baptismal entries for St. Julian's.

17.    Liber baptizatorum, vol. 17 (1888-1892) (HMML #Malta 7352). Includes baptismal entries for St. Julian's.

18.    Liber baptizatorum, vol. 18 (1892-1896) (HMML #Malta 7353). Contains an extract from the matrimonial records of S. Buenaventura, Casablanca (p. 14a), an extract from the baptismal records of San Jose, Gibraltar (p. 16a), and an extract from the marriage records of the Paris Diocese (p. 224a).

19.    Liber baptizatorum, vol. 19 (1896-1900) (HMML #Malta 7354). Contains an extract from the baptismal records of St. Mary's, Gibraltar (p. 240a).

20.    Liber baptizatorum, vol. 20 (1900-1905) (HMML #Malta 7355).

21.    Liber baptizatorum, vol. 21 (1905-1913) (HMML #Malta 7356).

22.    Liber baptizatorum, vol. 22 (1913-1920) (HMML #Malta 7357). Recently rebound, with errors in pagination.

23.    Liber baptizatorum, vol. 23 (1920-1923) (HMML #Malta 7358).

24.    Liber baptizatorum, vol. 24 (1923-1927) (HMML #Malta 7359).

25.    Liber baptizatorum, vol. 25 (1926-1930) (HMML #Malta 7360).

26.    Liber baptizatorum, vol. 26 (1930-1934) (HMML #Malta 7361).

27.    Liber baptizatorum, vol. 27 (1934-1936) (HMML #Malta 7362).

28.    Liber primus matrimoniorum \ Liber matrimoniorum, vol. 1 (1558-1615) (HMML #Malta 3329, 7411)

29.    Liber matrimoniorum, vol. 2 (1616-1678) (HMML #Malta 7412)

30.    Liber matrimoniorum, vol. 3 (1679-1731) (HMML #Malta 7413)

31.    Liber matrimoniorum, vol. 4 (1731-1762) (HMML #Malta 7414)

32.    Liber matrimoniorum, vol. 5 (1763-1771) (HMML #Malta 7415)

33.    Liber matrimoniorum, vol. 6 (1772-1783) (HMML #Malta 7416)

34.    Liber matrimoniorum, vol. 7 (1783-1800) (HMML #Malta 7417)

35.    Liber matrimoniorum, vol. 8 (1800-1853) (HMML #Malta 7418)

36.    Liber matrimoniorum, vol. 9 (1853-1868) (HMML #Malta 7419).  Volume includes marriages from Msida, St. Julian's, Sta. Venera, and Floriana.

37.    Liber matrimoniorum, vol. 10 (1868-1886) (HMML #Malta 7420)

38.    Liber matrimoniorum, vol. 11 (1887-1909) (HMML #Malta 7421)

39.    Liber matrimoniorum, vol. 12 (1909-1926) (HMML #Malta 7422)

40.    Liber primus mortuorum (April 1557- 10 September 1643) (HMML #Malta 3328)

41.    Liber defunctorum, vol. 1 (1557-1679) (HMML #Malta 7455). Formerly vol. 1, 1557-1615 and vol. 2, 1616-1679.

42.    Liber defunctorum, vol. 2 (1679-1771) (HMML #Malta 7456). Formerly vol. 3, 1679-1739, and vol. 4, 1740-1771.

43.    Liber defunctorum, vol. 3 (1772-1837) (HMML #Malta 7457). Combination of two separate volumes, i 1772-1797, and ii 1797-1837.

44.    Liber defunctorum, vol. 4 (1837-1859) (HMML #Malta 7458). Originally Volume 6, before rebinding in its present form.

45.    Liber defunctorum, vol. 5 (1859-1869) (HMML #Malta 7459). Originally Volume 7, before rebinding in its present form.

46.    Liber defunctorum, vol. 8 (1870-1880) (HMML #Malta 7460). Volume 8 has retained its original format and numeration.

47.    Liber defunctorum, vol. 9 (1881-1894) (HMML #Malta 7461). Volume 9 has retained its original format and numeration.

48.    Liber defunctorum, vol. 10 (1895-1900) (HMML #Malta 7462). Volume 10 has retained its original form and numeration.

49.    Liber defunctorum, vol. 11 (1900-1907) (HMML #Malta 7463). Volume 11 has retained its original form and numeration.

50.    Liber defunctorum, vol. 12 (1907-1917) (HMML #Malta 7464). Volume 12 has retained its original form and numeration.

51.    Liber defunctorum, vol. 13 (1917-1928) (HMML #Malta 7465). Volume 13 has retained its original form and numeration.

A.P. Cospicua (205 mss)

Archiva Paroecialia Ecclesia Collegialis Civitatis Cospicua

Archives of the Collegiate Chapter, Cospicua

Archives of the Collegiate Chapter (13 mss)                
Acta capitolari (12 mss)
Baptisms 1587-1856 (16 mss)
Confirmations 1587-1854 (3 mss)
Marriages 1587-1858 (11 mss)
Deaths 1587-1861 (10 mss)
Music (139 mss)
Printed works (1 item)

 

Archives of the Collegiate Chapter (13 mss):

1.      Schede 1854-1857 (HMML #Malta 7768)

2.      Libro mandati, 1858-1876 (HMML #Malta 7769)

3.      Parchment bull, authorising the elevation of the Parish Church of Cospicua to the dignity of a Collegiate Chapter. "Datum Romae apud Sanctam Mariam Majorem. Anno Inc. Dom. 1882." (HMML #Malta 7770)

4.      Registro dei Decreti Pontificii e Vescovili, 1823-1845. (HMML #Malta 7771). Title page: "Registro dei Decreti Pontificii e Vescovili a favor della Sant' Insigne Collegiata e Parrochhiale Chiesa della Citta' Cospicua."

5.      Decreti, 1823-1893 (HMML #Malta 7772)

6.      Various documents, 1819-1867 (HMML #Malta 7773). Sixty-three numbered items, relating to the Collegiate of Cospicua and the Solemn Installation of its first Collegiate Chapter.

7.      Varii documenti importanti, 1830 (HMML #Malta 7774). Contains documents relating to matters concerning the Chapter and the Archpriest as well as administrative accounts for the years 1819-1830.

8.      Mensa capitolare, 1825-1833 (HMML #Malta 7775)

9.      Fondazioni canonicali di giuspatronati, 1819-1820 (HMML #Malta 7776).

10.    Inventari, 1667-1873 (HMML #Malta 7777). F. 210: "Inventario dell'argento ed oro della B.V. della salute"; ff. 211-219, "Inventario dell'oro et argento di Gesu' tribulato della concezione e della Madonna sotto il titolo Salus Infirmorum, spettanti alla veneranda lampada della santa parrochiale chiesa della citta Cospicua"; ff. 220-234, "Inventario delli ori ed argenti mobili e supelletili spettnti all veneranda lampada dell SS. mo Sacramento della S. Parrochiale chiesa della Citta' Cospicua."

11.    Decreti, 1677-1822 (HMML #Malta 7778)

12.    Procura SS.mo Sacramento, 1758-1767 (HMML #Malta 7779)

13.    Lampada SS.mo Sacramento, 1765-1769 (HMML #Malta 7780)

Acta capitulari (12 mss)

Called variously Atti capitolari, acta capitulari, and Adunanze Capitolare. Volumes are not sequential.

1.      Vol. 1, 1823-1832 (HMML #Malta 7756)

2.      Vol. 2, 1832-1839 (HMML #Malta 7757). Title page: "Acta capitularia sanctae insignis collegiate et parochialis ecclesiae civitatis cospicuae a die I mensis augusti 1832 usque ad diem xxvii mensis novembris 1839."

3.      Vol. 3, 1839-1845 (HMML #Malta 7758). Title page: "Acta capitularia sanctae I colleg. etp. ecclesiae civitatis cospicuae a die 9 mensis decembris 1839 usque ad diem 26 aprilis 1845."

4.      Vol. 5, 1851-1854 (HMML #Malta 7759). Title page: "Vol. v. Acta capitularia S. ins : Colleg : et parl : ecclesiae Civ : Cospicuae a die 15 mensis . decembris : 1851 usque ad diem 22 mensis aprilis 1854."

5.      1851-1854 (HMML #Malta 7760). Title page: "Minutae actorum capitularium S. Ins. Coll. Parlis. ecclesiae civ. cospicuae a die xv. mensis decembris 1851 usque addiem xxvii, mensis aprilis 1854."

6.      Vol. 6, 1854-1857 (HMML #Malta 7761). Title page: "Vol. VI Acta capituli sanctae preinsignia collegiate parlis ecclesiae civitatis cospicuae a die 2 mensis Maii 1854 usque ad diem 29, mensis decembris 1857."

7.      1875-1877 (HMML #Malta 7762)

8.      1893-1902 (HMML #Malta 7763). Title page: "Atti capitolari dal di 11 dicembre 1893 al di 5 marzo 1902."

9.      1902-1909 (HMML #Malta 7764)

10.    1915-1920 (HMML #Malta 7765)

11.    1925-1932 (HMML #Malta 7766)

12.    1932-1952 (HMML #Malta 7767)


Baptisms 1587-1856 (16 mss)

1.      Liber 1 Baptizatorum, matrimoniorum, confirmatorum et mortuorum, (1585-1652) (HMML #Malta 4756). A collective register, containing baptisms, 1 January 1587 to 23 December 1652; marriages, 28 June 1587 to 23 November 1652; confirmations, 1 March 1618 to 23 November 1652; and deaths, 25 March 1595 to 23 November 1652. Ff. 16-19 is fragments containing notes of various legacies.

2.      Liber II baptizatorum, 1653-1678 (HMML #Malta 4757)

3.      Liber III baptizatorum, 1679-1707 (HMML #Malta 4758)

4.      Liber IV baptizatorum, 1707-1723 (HMML #Malta 4759)

5.      Liber V baptizatorum, 1724-1743 (HMML #Malta 4760)

6.      Liber VI baptizatorum, 1743-1759 (HMML #Malta 4761)

7.      Liber VII baptizatorum, 1759-1773 (HMML #Malta 4762) Ff. 38-40, 60-73 not filmed due to their fragmentary condition.

8.      Liber VIII baptizatorum, 1773-1785 (HMML #Malta 4763)

9.      Liber IX baptizatorum, 1786-1793 (HMML #Malta 4764)

10.    Liber X baptizatorum, 1793-1798 (HMML #Malta 4765)

11.    Liber XI baptizatorum, 1798-1809 (HMML #Malta 4766)

12.    Liber XII baptizatorum, 1809-1819 (HMML #Malta 4946)

13.    Liber XIII baptizatorum, 1819-1828 (HMML #Malta 4947)

14.    Liber XIV baptizatorum, 1829-1839 (HMML #Malta 4948)

15.    Liber XV baptizatorum, 1838-1847 (HMML #Malta 4949)

16.    Liber XVI baptizatorum, 1848-1856 (HMML #Malta 4950)

 
Confirmations 1587-1854 (3 mss)

1.      Liber 1 Baptizatorum, matrimoniorum, confirmatorum et mortuorum, (1585-1652) (HMML #Malta 4756). A collective register, containing baptisms, 1 January 1587 to 23 December 1652; marriages, 28 June 1587 to 23 November 1652; confirmations, 1 March 1618 to 23 November 1652; and deaths, 25 March 1595 to 23 November 1652. Ff. 16-19 is fragments containing notes of various legacies.

2.      Liber II confirmatorum, 1653-1819 (HMML #Malta 4780)

3.      Liber III confirmatorum, 1819-1854 (HMML #Malta 4957)

 

Marriages 1587-1858 (11 mss)

1.      Liber 1 Baptizatorum, matrimoniorum, confirmatorum et mortuorum, (1585-1652) (HMML #Malta 4756). A collective register, containing baptisms, 1 January 1587 to 23 December 1652; marriages, 28 June 1587 to 23 November 1652; confirmations, 1 March 1618 to 23 November 1652; and deaths, 25 March 1595 to 23 November 1652. Ff. 16-19 is fragments containing notes of various legacies.

2.      Liber II matrimoniorum, 1653-1678 (HMML #Malta 4767)

3.      Liber III matrimoniorum, 1679-1725 (HMML #Malta 4768

4.      Liber IV matrimoniorum, 1726-1753 (HMML #Malta 4769)

5.      Liber V matrimoniorum, 1753-1768 (HMML #Malta 4770)

6.      Liber VI matrimoniorum, 1768-1780 (HMML #Malta 4771)

7.      Liber VII matrimoniorum, 1780-1794 (HMML #Malta 4772)

8.      Liber VIII matrimoniorum, 1794-1816 (HMML #Malta 4773)

9.      Liber IX matrimoniorum, 1816-1828 (HMML #Malta 4951)

10.    Liber X matrimoniorum, 1828-1845 (HMML #Malta 4952)

11.    Liber XI matrimoniorum, 1845-1858 (HMML #Malta 4953)

 
Deaths 1587-1861 (10 mss)

1.      Liber 1 Baptizatorum, matrimoniorum, confirmatorum et mortuorum, (1585-1652) (HMML #Malta 4756). A collective register, containing baptisms, 1 January 1587 to 23 December 1652; marriages, 28 June 1587 to 23 November 1652; confirmations, 1 March 1618 to 23 November 1652; and deaths, 25 March 1595 to 23 November 1652. Ff. 16-19 is fragments containing notes of various legacies.

2.      Libri 2 et 3 defunctorum, 1633-1737 (HMML #Malta 4774)

3.      Liber IV defunctorum, 1737-1753 (HMML #Malta 4775)

4.      Liber V defunctorum, 1754-1764 (HMML #Malta 4776)

5.      Liber VI defunctorum, 1764-1776 (HMML #Malta 4777)

6.      Liber VII defunctorum, 1776-1788 (HMML #Malta 4778)

7.      Liber VIII defunctorum, 1789-1803 (HMML #Malta 4779)

8.      Liber IX defunctorum, 1804-1828 (HMML #Malta 4954)

9.      Liber X defunctorum, 1829-1846 (HMML #Malta 4955)

10.    Liber XI defunctorum, 1847-1861 (HMML #Malta 4956)

 

Music (139 mss)

Antiphonorium and responsoriale, on paper. Leather bound, pp. 87, mm. 500 by 365. Musical notation in black on four lines in red. Eighty-six decorated initials, all enclosed in a square. pp. 1-24: Feria V IN CAENA (sic) DOMINI. Matins - Antiphons and Repsonsories. Lauds - Antiphons. pp. 25-50: Feria VI IN PARASCEVE. Matins - Antiphons and Responsories. Lauds - Antiphons. pp. 51-74: Sabato Sancto. Matins - Antiphons and Responsories. Lauds - Antiphons. pp. 75-87: In dedicatione ecclesiae. Vespers I - Antiphons. Matins - Invitatory and Antiphons. Lauds - Antiphons. Vespers II - Antiphons. Decorated initials: Three larger initials (mm. 110 by 110) showing: No. 1: A scene of the last supper in squared initial "Z". No. 25: Christ and the Addolorate in squared "A". No. 51: Initial "I" decorated. The remaining 83 initials, each measuring mm. 50 by 50, carry simple decorated motifs or stylised elevations of churches and buildings in Jerusalem. (HMML #Malta 6510).

Music scores:

1.      Mus Ms. 1, Pietro Paolo Bugeja,"Vexilla Regis." Four voices and organ. (HMML #Malta 6011)

2.      Mus Ms. 2, Pietro Paolo Bugeja, "Salve Regina." Voice and controbasso. (HMML #Malta 6011)

3.      Mus Ms. 3, Burlo, "Confitebor" (1828). Tenor, 2 violins, 1 controbasso. (HMML #Malta 6011)

4.      Mus Ms. 4, Burlo, "Ecce quam bonum." Four voices and organ. (HMML #Malta 6011)

5.      Mus Ms. 5, Burlo, "Laudate pueri." 2 violins, flute, clarinet, cornet, trombone, controbasso. (HMML #Malta 6011)

6.      Mus Ms. 6, Burlo, "Laetatus sum" (1808). 4 voices, 2 violins, 2 oboes, controbasso, organ, and cornet. (HMML #Malta 6011)

7.      Mus Ms. 7, Burlo, "Laetatus sum" (1848). 4 voices. (HMML #Malta 6011)

8.      Mus Ms. 8, Burlo, "Orazione al ss. crocifisso" (1810). One voice, 2 violins, flute, controbasso. (HMML #Malta 6011)

9.      Mus Ms. 8a, Burlo, "Libera." Voice, controbasso. (HMML #Malta 6011)

10.    Mus Ms. 9, Don Pasquale Costa, "Messa Pastorale." Four voices, violins, oboe, horns, organ. (HMML #Malta 6011)

11.    Mus Ms. 10, D. Demarco, "Dixit" (fragment). 4 voices, organ. (HMML #Malta 6011)

12.    Mus Ms. 11, Michele de Ferraris, "Salve Regina." 3 voices, violin, controbasso. (HMML #Malta 6011)

13.    Mus Ms. 12, F. Deviene, "Concerto de Flote." Instrumental. (HMML #Malta 6011)

14.    Mus Ms. 13, Ettore Gaetano, "Alma redemptoris." Voice, organ. (HMML #Malta 6011)

15.    Mus Ms. 14, M. Fenech, "Ave Maris Stella." Three voices, violins, flute, clarinet, coronetta, controbasso. (HMML #Malta 6011)

16.    Mus Ms. 15, Emmanuele Gonzales, "Kyrie." Four voices, violins, flute, clarinet, horns, controbasso. (HMML #Malta 6011)

17.    Mus Ms. 16, Don Pietro Gristi, "Messa Breve" (1729). Four voices, violins, horns, organ. (HMML #Malta 6011)

18.    Mus Ms. 16a, Don Pietro Gristi, "Beatus Vir" (1727). Four voices (bass solo), violin, trombone, organ, controbasso. (HMML #Malta 6011)

19.    Mus Ms. 17, Don Pietro Gristi, "Nisi dominus." Bass solo, violin, organ, controbasso. (HMML #Malta 6011)

20.    Mus Ms 18, Filippo Lorelli, "Messa." Four voices. (HMML #Malta 6011)

21.    Mus Ms. 19, Fr. Salvadore Magrin, "Messa in B Flat" (1854). Four parts, violins, fulet, oboe or clarinet, trombone, trumphet, organ, controbasso. (HMML #Malta 6012)

22.    Mus Ms. 20, Fr. Salvadore Magrin, "Messa dei morti" (1798). Voices, instruments (HMML #Malta 6012)

23.    Mus Ms. 21, Fr. Salvadore Magrin, "Dies Irae" (1803). Voices, instruments (HMML #Malta 6012)

24.    Mus Ms. 22, Fr. Salvadore Magrin, "Subvenite" (1829). Voices, instruments (HMML #Malta 6012)

25.    Mus Ms. 23, Fr. Salvadore Magrin, "Domine ad adiuvandum" (1846). Voices, instruments (HMML #Malta 6012)

26.    Mus Ms. 24, Fr. Salvadore Magrin, "Dixit" (1829). Voices, instruments (HMML #Malta 6012)

27.    Mus Ms. 25, Fr. Salvadore Magrin, "Dixit" ( 1804). Voices, instruments (HMML #Malta 6012)

28.    Mus Ms. 26, Fr. Salvadore Magrin, "Laudate Pueri." Voices, instruments (HMML #Malta 6012)

29.    Mus Ms. 27, Fr. Salvadore Magrin, "Responsori per la domenica delle Palme." Score. (HMML #Malta 6013)

30.    Mus Ms. 28, Fr. Salvadore Magrin, "Repsonsori della settimana santa mercoledi" (1812). Score. (HMML #Malta 6013)

31.    Mus Ms. 29, Fr. Salvadore Magrin, "Responsori della settimana santa mercoledi" (1848). Score. (HMML #Malta 6013)

32.    Mus Ms. 30, Fr. Salvadore Magrin, "Responsori della settimana santa giovedi" (1815). Score. (HMML #Malta 6014)

33.    Mus Ms. 31, Fr. Salvadore Magrin, "Responsori della settimana santa venerdi" (1813). Score. (HMML #Malta 6014)

34.    Mus Ms. 32, Fr. Salvadore Magrin, "Due lamentazioni del venerdi santo." Score. (HMML #Malta 6014)

35.    Mus Ms. 33, Fr. Salvadore Magrin, "Responsori e motetti: Precessione della settimana santa" (1793). Score. (HMML #Malta 6014)

36.    Mus Ms. 34, Fr. Salvadore Magrin, "Responsori dell'immacolata concezione" (1808). Voices, instruments. (HMML #Malta 6014)

37.    Mus Ms. 35, Fr. Salvadore Magrin, "Responsoir per i tre giorni de pentacoste" (1827). Voices, instruments. (HMML #Malta 6014)

38.    Mus Ms. 36, Fr. Salvadore Magrin, "Responsori dei morti." Score. (HMML #Malta 6014)

39.    Mus Ms. 37, Fr. Salvadore Magrin, "Invitatorio per i tre giorni di pentacoste." Voices. (HMML #Malta 6014)

40.    Mus Ms. 38, Fr. Salvadore Magrin, "Rorate coeli" (1825). Voices. (HMML #Malta 6014)

41.    Mus Ms. 39, Fr. Salvadore Magrin, "Tantum ergo" (1790). Score. (HMML #Malta 6014)

42.    Mus Ms. 40, Fr. Salvadore Magrin, "Tantum ergo" (1798). Score. (HMML #Malta 6014)

43.    Mus Ms. 41, S. Martin, "Credo e sanctus." Voices. (HMML #Malta 6015)

44.    Mus Ms. 42, Saverio Mifsud, "Egregie doctor" (1842). Voices, instruments. (HMML #Malta 6015)

45.    Mus Ms. 43, Saverio Mifsud, "Christus factus est" (1841). Voices, instruments. (HMML #Malta 6015)

46.    Mus Ms. 44, Saverio Mifsud, "Tantum ergo." Instruments. (HMML #Malta 6015)

47.    Mus Ms. 45, Emanuele Muscat, "Solfegi per voce di soprano." Voices. (HMML #Malta 6015)

48.    Mus Ms. 46, D. Giovanni Paejsiello, "La rachelina molinarina" (1790). Score. (HMML #Malta 6015)

49.    Mus Ms. 47, D. Giovanni Paejsiello, "Domine ad adiuvandum." Score. (HMML #Malta 6015)

50.    Mus Ms. 48, D. Giovanni Paejsiello, "Responsori dei morti" (1846). Voices, instruments. (HMML #Malta 6015)

51.    Mus Ms. 49, D. Giovanni Paejsiello, "Ant.: Sancta Maria succure miseris." Voices. (HMML #Malta 6015)

52.    Mus Ms. 50, D. Giovanni Paejsiello, "Tantum ergo" (1852). Score. (HMML #Malta 6015)

53.    Mus Ms. 51, M. Sisner, "Antifona." Instrumental. (HMML #Malta 6015)

54.    Mus Ms. 52, M. Sisner, "Graduale dell'immacolata." Instrumental. (HMML #Malta 6015)

55.    Mus Ms. 53, M'Angelo Vella, "Libera me domine." Voices, instrumental. (HMML #Malta 6015)

56.    Mus Ms. 54, M'Angelo Vella, "Int.: Salve sancte parens per la concezzione immacolata." Voices, instrumental. (HMML #Malta 6015)

57.    Mus Ms. 55, M'Angelo Vella, "Litanie." Voices, instrumental. (HMML #Malta 6015)

58.    Mus Ms. 56, Fr. Giuseppe Vivieri, "Domine ad adiuvandum e dixit." Voices, organ. (HMML #Malta 6015)

59.    Mus Ms. 57, Anonymous, "Messa" (1732). Voices missing. (HMML #Malta 6016)

60.    Mus Ms. 58, Anonymous, "Messa" (1790). Score. (HMML #Malta 6016)

61.    Mus Ms. 59, Anonymous, "Messa de requiem." Voices. (HMML #Malta 6016)

62.    Mus Ms. 60, Anonymous, "Kyrie e gloria" (18th century). Voices. (HMML #Malta 6016)

63.    Mus Ms. 61, Anonymous, "Kyrie e gloria." Voices. (HMML #Malta 6016)

64.    Mus Ms. 62, Anonymous, "Kyrie e gloria." Voices. (HMML #Malta 6016)

65.    Mus Ms. 63, Anonymous, "Kyrie e gloria." Voices and organ. (HMML #Malta 6016)

66.    Mus Ms. 64, Anonymous, "Kyrie." Voices. (HMML #Malta 6016)

67.    Mus Ms. 65, Anonymous, "Kyrie." Voices. (HMML #Malta 6016)

68.    Mus Ms. 66, Anonymous, "Kyrie." Voices. (HMML #Malta 6016)

69.    Mus Ms. 67, Anonymous, "Kyrie." Score. (HMML #Malta 6016)

70.    Mus Ms. 68, Anonymous, "Kyrie." Voices. (HMML #Malta 6016)

71.    Mus Ms. 69, Anonymous, "Laudamus te." Voices. (HMML #Malta 6016)

72.    Mus Ms. 70, Anonymous, "Requiem." Voices, organ. (HMML #Malta 6016)

73.    Mus Ms. 71, Anonymous, "Dies irae." Voices. (HMML #Malta 6016)

74.    Mus Ms. 72, Anonymous, "Int. Venite venite" (1848). Score. (HMML #Malta 6016)

75.    Mus Ms. 73, Anonymous, "Int. Terribilis est locus." Voices. (HMML #Malta 6016)

76.    Mus Ms. 74, Anonymous, "Int. Gaudens Gaudebo." Voces. (HMML #Malta 6016)

77.    Mus Ms. 75, Anonymous, "Int. Resurrexi." Voices. (HMML #Malta 6016)

78.    Mus Ms. 76, Anonymous, "Grad. Induit eum dominus" (1789). Voices, instruments. (HMML #Malta 6016)

79.    Mus Ms. 77, Anonymous, "Grad.: Omnes de saba viderunt omnes." Voices. (HMML #Malta 6016)

80.    Mus Ms. 78, Anonymous, "Off.: Ave Maria, benedictus deus, dextera domini." Score. (HMML #Malta 6016)