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The Archives of
the Knights of Malta
Section 4: Sacra
Capitula Generalia (The Chapter General)
(Archive 280-315)
37 volumes
1330-1776
Abbreviated AOM
An electronic finding aid for the microfilms of the Malta Study Center,
prepared by
Theresa M. Vann.
Sponsored by the Malta Study Center, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library.
Microfilms at Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, Collegeville, MN, USA
Originals in the National Library of Malta, Valletta, Malta.
Reproduction of microfilms requires the consent of the National Library of Malta
Section 4, the Sacra Capitula Generalia, consists of
37 volumes on 14 reels of microfilm:
Malta Series II:
277-280,* 281-285, 286-290, 291-294, 295-297,
298-301, 302-304, 305-306, 307-309, 310-311, 312, 313, 314-314A, 315-316
*Microfilm contains codices not described in this section
Catalogue: Catalogue of the Order of St.
John of Jerusalem in the Royal Malta Library, vol. 4 (Malta,1964). Index to the Volumes of the Chapters General of the Order
of St. John of Jerusalem (1330-1776).
Compiled by Can. Ant. Zammit
Gabarretta, D.D., B.A. and Fr. Jos. Mizzi
Section Four of the archives contains the
records of thirty-six meetings of the Chapter General of the Order of the
Hospital, dating from 1330 until 1776. Normally, the Chapter General met
once every five years, although the Master could call additional meetings as
needed. Between 1587 and 1631, the Chapter General met less regularly,
with a gap of ten years or more between meetings. The
final chapter general on Malta (in 1776) met 145 years after the previous one in
1631.
The Chapter General was the assembly of the Order,
which met for fifteen days to conduct business, enact legislation, and confirm
or repeal old statutes.
The Master convened it under papal authorization, conveyed by a papal bull, as
recorded in the minutes. The Master summoned
the heads (or priors) of each langue to attend at a specific time and place,
usually the location of the central convent. The prior of the langue could
send two deputies except when the Master demanded his presence in person. Some meetings of
the Chapter General were held in conjunction with other business, such as
auditing the Order's accounts or in anticipation of a siege. The pope had
final approval over the Order's legislation.
Copies of the records of earlier chapter
generals survive in other sections of the archives:
Section 1 (Original documents):
-
- Archive 64: Statuta et ordinationes in diversis capitulis generalibus
condita et promulgata (1335-1366). Statutes and Ordinances
promulgated in diverse chapter generals. Five original
documents on parchment.
-
- Archive 69: Statuta et consuetudines ordinis S. Joannis in linguam latinam
versa a magistro Rogerio de Pinibus. 1357. Statutes and
Constitutions of the Order of St. John, in Latin, compiled
during the magistrate of Roger de Pins. 34 folia.
Section 10 (Rules and Statutes):
- Arch. 1649: Collezione de statuti e ordinazioni (1 ms) 18th century
- Arch. 1650: Ordinazioni del capitolo generale celebrato a Montpellier sotto il gran maestro Elione de Villenueve (1 ms) 1330
- Arch. 1651: Decreta capitulorum generalium (1 ms) 1404-1631
- Arch. 1652-1657, 1708-1709: Ordinationes del sacro capitolo generale (8 mss) 1597, 1598, 1603, 1631
- Arch. 1658-1660: Statuti della s. religione di S. Giovanni Gerosolimitano con le ordinazione del capitolo generale due 1631 (3 mss) 1631
- Arch. 1661, 1662: Ordinazioni del capitolo generale del 1776 e statuti del gran maestro de Rohan; Conferma degli statuti ordinazioni (Malta, 1779) (2 vols)
- Arch. 1663: Codice del Sacro Militare Ordine Gerosolimitano per Comandamente del Sacro Generale Capitolo Celebrato nell'Anno MDCCLXXVI (Malta, 1782);
Privilegi della Sacra Religione di San Giovanni Gerosolimitano con Indici volgare (Malta, 1777) (2 vols)
Some of the earlier statutes have been
published:
G. M. Caravita, Compendio alfabetico de’ Statuti della Sacra Religione Gerosolimitana
Borgo Nuovo, 1718.
S. Pauli, Codice diplomatico del Sacro Militare Ordine Gerosolimitano
oggi di Malta. Lucca, 1733-1737.
J. Delaville le Roulx, Cartulaire général de l’Ordre des
Hospitaliers de S. Jean de Jérusalem (1100-1310). Paris, 1894
J. Delaville le Roulx, Les Hospitaliers en Terre Sainte et à Chypre (1110-1310). Paris, 1904.
E. J. King, The Rule Statutes and Customs of the Hospitallers 1099-1310.
London, 1934.
M. Barbaro di
San Giorgio, Storia della Costituzione del Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta,
Roma, 1937.
The 36 volumes of Section Four may be divided into 4 categories,
plus one index volume:
- Arch. 280-296, 309: Capitula generalia (18 volumes) 1330-1776.
Original proceedings and enactments of the Chapter General.
-
Arch. 297-308: (12 volumes) Copies of Arch. 280-296, compiled at the command of the Chapter General of 1569.
Arch. 310-312: Rollie e memoriali presentati (3 mss) 1612-1776.
Original suggestions and drafts of the proposed statutes, presented to the meetings of the Chapter General in 1612, 1631, and 1776.
Arch. 313-314A: Suppliche (3 mss) 1631. Various petitions submitted
to the Order.
Arch. 315: Summary of Statutes (1 ms) 1118-1548. Summary of the Statues enacted by the Chapters General.
Full listing of
Section 4, the Sacra Capitula Generalia
Arch. 280
Sacra Capitula Generalia.
1330. 1332. 1335. 1337.
1340. 1344
14th century
30 x 23 cm.
Proceedings of Chapter Generals
held under Master Helion de Villanova
- ff. 1-21,
Montpellier 24.X. 1330,
(Text in Latin and
French)
- ff. 22-29v,
Rhodes
30.VIII. 1332,
(Text in Latin and French)
- ff. 33-37v,
Rhodes
15.IX. 1335
(Text in Latin and French) .
- ff. 39-43, Rhodes
16.X. 1337
(Text in Latin and French)
- ff.
44-46, Rhodes
6.VIII. 1340
(Text in French)
- ff.
47-64, Rhodes
12.XII. 1344
(Text in Latin and French)
- ff. 66-68v, Records of income accrued
by houses of the Order in the Preceptory of
Venice, compiled by order of a Provincial Chapter, 5.IV. 1331.
See also:
AOM 69, Statuta et consuetudines ordinis S.
Joannis in linguam latinam versa a magistro Rogerio de Pinibus, 1357, ff
14v, 16v, 17r-v.
ARCH. 281
Liber Actorum [Gestorum] in Generali Capitulo Celebrato Neapoli Anno
Incarnationis Domini Millesimo Ccclxxxiiii Mensis Marcii in D. Septima per Venerabilem et
Religiosum Virum Ricardum Caratzolum Magistrum Hospitalis.
1384
31 x 22cm.
Proceedings of Chapter General
held under Master Richard Caracciolo.
(Caracciolo was an
anti-master, elected in 1383 during the Avignon controversy with the support of
Pope Urban VI [Rome]. The convent in Rhodes did not recognize his authority;
instead, they considered Juan Fernandez de Heredia, supported by Pope Clement
VII [Avignon] the proper head of the Order.
See J. DELAVILLE LE Roulx, Un Anti Grand Mâtre de l'Ordre de SaintJean de Jerusalem arbitre de
la paix conclue entre Jean Galeas Visconti et la Republique de Florence (1391-1392). Estrait du
Tome XL, pp. 525-544, de la Bibliothèque de l'Ecole des Chartes.)
- ff. 1-9v .
Naples,
28.III. 1384/6.IV. 1384
(Text in Latin).
- ff. 10-96v, Magisterial Bulls
issued by Richard Caracciolo to various Knights.
Arch. 282
Sacra Capitula Generalia
1454-1459. 1462
29 x 22 cm.
Parchment binding. Spine:
Capitula Gñlia 1454. 1459. 1462. Cover:
Label, Arch 282. Sacra Capitula Geñlia. Milly 1454. Rhodi f. 1. Milly
1459. Rhodi f. 52. Zacosta 1462 Rhodi f. 99. Modern hand, in pencil: 1461 and
1466.
Contents, from front cover: Habes eciam
Consilia an: 1461. 1466 et 1467. post obitum Reverendi f. Iacobi de Milly, et
ante adventum Reverendi f. Raymundi Zacosta a p 139 ad 173. Nota nel primo
Capitolo del 1454 a fogli 11 pa 2 Puso di eleggere li duo per lingues che furono
14. e por 16 per trattare le cose gravi, e fu per levar la confici sue, e per
dar pedizione breve alle cose, che il Papa haveva ordinato, che primo, d ogni
altra si trattassero e concludessero Coi qual entrarono loi procu. del Gran
Maestro, quali furono il Maestro di Casa et il Guidice d Appelto ch’era dell
Abito Gnel Capitolo celebrato in Romma l’anno 1446. furono similmbe electi i
detti 14 cioe due per lingua, come al f 2 pa 2.
Modern refoliation, visible in the microfilm,
has been erased.
Proceedings of Chapters General
held under Master James de Milly:
- ff. I-XXIII, Rhodes,
10. XI. 1454 (Text in Latin and Italian)
- f. ia, Invocation (10 November 1454); ff.
ia-iiiia, List of attendees; f. iiiia-b, Reading of bulls to open the
meeting.
- f. via, vr-b, Papal bulls of Nicholas V,
establishing the meeting's agenda and permitting it to take place, despite
the death of John de Lastic, the master who originally summoned the Chapter
General.
- f. 5r, Papal bull of Nicholas V, Licet
arca statum et bonum, regarding the danger to Rhodes from the Turks.
- f. 6r-v, Papal bull of Nicholas V,
regarding the reform of the Order, dated August 1444.
- f. 8r, Order of business for the chapter
general.
- f. xb-xiia, 12 November: the
vice chancellor reads aloud the papal letter giving license to prorogue the
chapter general.
- f. xiii, 16 November: recommendations of
the chapter general (f. xii is missing)
- f. 17r ff: Stabilimenta and
ordinances made and approved by the Chapter General:
- The reform of the church and chapels of
the Knights' quarter and the Order's other churches on the island of Rhodes
- Confirmation of Master John de Lastic's
statutes regarding the hospital and the infirmary
- Master retains the Order's Common Treasury
to collect its debts.
- f. xxia: Reception of illegitimate
children into the Order is forbidden
- Knights may not travel to Rhodes without a
license, except for a chapter general.
- Military knights must be of noble birth;
those who admit non-nobles as knights or who lie about their ancestry are
subject to penalty.
- ff. LII-87, Rhodes,
10. X.1459
(Text in Latin, Italian)
- ff. liia-liiib, List of attendees
- f. lv, 10 October: the master orders the
recording of the stabilimenta
- f. lxb ff: discussion of constructing an
auberge for the langues of England and Germany.
- f. lxviib, 27 October: the castellan of
Rhodes gives an account of his expenses.
- ff. 77-86: new handwriting, new form of
pagination in Arabic numerals. In margin: Inpensa orda Religionis
- f. 77, The Order's income from the East
- f. 77b, Extraordinary expenses
- f. 78, On resolving the debts
- f. 79, Reformatio curiae saecula vis Rhodi
circa utilitue administrationem
- f. 79b, Reform of the caravan and the
islands held by the Order: Safeconducts; Prohibition of armaments;
Prohibition against pirates.
- f. 80, De datys et gabellis a fratribus in
Rhodo non solvendre olim omnes erant claustrales
- f. 81, circa mittarum celebrationem
consequtine unive post aliam ordinatio
- f. 82, Of the infirmary, the chaplains who
minister there, and the income that pertains to the infirmarian.
- f. 83, the fortifications of the castle of
St. Peter
- f. 84, the common treasury
Proceedings of Chapter General
held under Master Peter Raymond
Zacosta
- ff. 99-125v, Rhodes,
28.X. 1462
(1452 in margin is incorrect)
- f. 99-101b, Description of opening and
attendees
- f. 105, the bailiwick of Negroponte and
the business of the Castle of St. Peter
- f. 112, the reading of the stabilimentum
- f. 112b, Regarding the division of the
Langue of Spain
- f. 113b, the stabilimentum: the
institution and the entitulation of the chancellor as a conventual bailiff;
provisions for the current chancellor as vice chancellor; selection of the
new chancellor (the prior of the new Spanish langue); defining the office of
the vice chancellor
- f. 114, regarding un-armed ships
- f. 114b, regarding the office of the
castellan of Rhodes
- f. 115b, regarding esguardi; regarding the
locum of the castle of St. Peter
- f. 116, all members of the Order should
pay what they owe the common treasury
- f. 117, the debts of the common treasury
(in margin: ∇306379 lire)
- f. 117b, to remedy the solution
- f. 118b, how to sustain and maintain the
convent while resolving its debts
- f. 119, on ambassadors
- f. 125b, the decision to send an
ambassador to Mehmet II to conclude a treaty (26 November)
- 139-145v Deliberations of the Council
beginning 14th August 1461
- f. 139, the Order sends a captain and 25
knights to the island of Cyprus in response to an appeal from its queen.
- f. 141b, election of Peter Raymond Zacosta
as master of the Order
- f. 144, embassy to Mehmet II to discuss a
two-year treaty
- ff. 159-173, Deliberations of the Council
held on Rhodes during the absence of Master Peter Raymond Zacosta at the Roman
curia to celebrate the Chapter General, 6 September 1466 to 4 June 1467. Fra
Jacob de la Guratori acted in the place of the Master; Fra Don Salvator, the
master's secretary, acted in the place of the chancery.
- f. 160, case involving a trireme belonging
to the King of Cyprus and captured by a knight of the Order
- f. 160b, news of a Turkish trireme
patrolling the waters of Rhodes
- ff. 161-162, determination of the amount of
money the preceptory of Cyprus owes the Common Treasury
- f. 164, note in Spanish regarding the repair
of the walls for the artillery (25 January 1466/7); note in Spanish concerning
crossbowmen from Taragona
- f. 164b, sale of a bireme or fust in Cyprus
- f. 165, election of the captain of the
castle of St. Peter
- f. 165b-167, Michael of Malta captured by a
ship of the Order, after he took a bireme and trireme from the Kingdom of
Cyprus
- f. 168, Fra Jacob announces the death of
Raymond Zacosta at Rome, 7 April 1467
- f. 169-169b, demands upon the spoils of the
late master, 16 April 1467
- f. 171b, the new Master, Baptiste de Usini,
and the council return to Rhodes from Rome, 29 May 1467
ARCH. 283.
SACRA CAPITULA GENERALIA
1466.1471. 1475. 1478
30 x 22cm.
Bound in parchment. Text on spine: Cap[itu]la G[e]n[era]lie ãn 1466 >1>5>8. Cover:
Label
ARCH. 283. Written in ink: Sacra Capitula Generalia | Zacosta 1466 Roma f. 1 |
Ursinis 1471 Rhodi f. 48 | Ursinis 1475 Rhodi f. 9. | Aubusson 1478 Rhodi
f. 15. Modern refoliation; the original f. 1 is now f. 4. Bookworm damage along
edges, stabilized by modern conservation. Contemporary index, f. 1a-3b
(originally i-iiib). At some time the modern refoliation was erased after f. 11
{viii}.
Proceedings of Chapter
General held under Master Peter Raymond Zacosta
ff. I-XLIV
(Text in
Latin) 30. XI. 1466. Rome.
cf. Bosio ii, 8, 302. cf.
-
f. 4r-v (1r-v) Election of the new master, presided over by
Pope Paul II. (Master Zacosta died during or soon after the 1466 meeting of
the Chapter General in Rome; his successor, Orsini, was elected immediately.
This memorandum is in a different format than the proceedings, and consists of
the names of the electors and the ballots cast).
- f. 5 [ii] : IHS [in margin: 1466]. Convocation of the chapter general in
Rome by command of Pope Paul II.
- f. 8b {vb}: Election of procurators to audit the Common Treasury
- f. 9b {vib}: Complaints presented by the langues of the Order
- f. 10 {viia}-f. 11a {vii a}: Papal address to the Assembly
- f. 11b {viiib}: The Master's reply to the Pope
- f. 13b [xb]: First day of the Chapter General (7 December 1466)
- Appeal of the Archbishop of Nigropointe (Mediolanes) to fortify and
defend the Castle of St. Peter (Bodrum) and other places in the East while
the heads of the Order meet in Rome.
- f. 14b [xia]: The proposition of the King of Aragon's ambassador (16
December)
- ff. 15b-23b [xiib-xxb]: Presentations of the bailiffs and procurators to
the common treasury (These proceedings last from December into February)
- f. 24a [xxia]: Deliberations: First, the solution of the debts to the
Common Treasury; Second, the regulations and the administration of the
comunity, and; Third, the reform of the Order's stabilimentum.
- f. 27a [xxiiiia] Consilia Rome celebrata Anno miiiilxvi que post obitum
reverendi d. magista d. Çarosta ... (note:
Zacosta died just as the chapter was concluding; or the chapter was cut short
because of the grand master’s death. The last business of the council was
conducted on the 17th of February; Zacosta died the 21 of February.
The order concluded its deliberations in Rome on the 4th of March.)
- The Master's obituary
- The Master's spoils
- f. 30b [xxvib]: End of the deliberations in Rome.
- Papal letter to the chapter general, summing up the events of the meeting
(also available in AOM 315, pp. 171-ff, 16th-century
transcription).
- ff. 32b-35b (xxixb-xxxiib): Papal letter outlining a solution to repay the
debts the western priories owe the Common Treasury, and arranging their
financial support of the convent on Rhodes. (also see AOM 315, p.
197-ff, 16th-century transcription.)
- f. 36a-39a [xxxiiia-xxxvi]: Papal letter resolving the administration
problems of the convent of rhodes. (See AOM 315, p. 211-ff)
Proceedings of Chapter General held under Master John Orsini.
XLVI-XCI
(Text in Latin) 17. XI. 1471. Rhodes.
cf. Bosio ii, 9, 329
- f. 49 (xlvi): IHS.XS [in margin: 1471] The prelude to the chapter general
celebrated in Rhodes (August 1471).
- f. 49b (xlvib): Reading of a papal letter describing the
circumstances under which the chapter general would be prorogued; selection of
procurators for the Common Treasury.
- f. 50 (xlvii): The audit of the Common Treasury (18 September 1471)
- f. 50v (xlviib): Completion of the audit of the Common Treasury, the end
of October 1471; the complete council meets to discuss the business of the
chapter general.
- f. 51-52v (xlviii-ilb) [in margin: 1471] Opening of the Chapter General,
17 November 1471, with list of attendees by rank.
- f. 60v (lvii b): The vice chancellor reads and registers the stabilimentum,
which record the decisions made at the chapter general. Despite the intent to
register the conclusions of the audit in the same volume, these are missing.
- f. 68v-69 (lxxv b-lxxvi) (date of 1470 in the margin) Apostolic
letter from Pope Paul II for the celebration of the chapter general in Rhodes
- f. 69 (lxxvi): Papal letter from Pope Sixtus IV confirming the
stabilimentum issued in the same chapter
- ff. 84b-85 (lxxxib-lxxxii): Papal letter of Sixtus imposicionis
diuidie annate (AOM 315 p. 316-ff).
- All the debts of the chapter general
were calculated at the chapter general in Rome in 1467.
The chapter general allocated the annates for five years to solve the debts,
but this was not possible. Therefore, the
debts to the treasury should be computed; the members of the order must pay
their debts to the common treasury for the sustenance and maintenance of the
convent of Rhodes; it will be necessary for the king of France to pay a
certain sum for five years, and he will be ordered to do so by separate
letter.
- ff.85b-94 (lxxxviib-lxxxxi): Papal letter of Sixtus IV concerning the
administration of the convent of Rhodes (Also AOM 315, p. 336-ff, with
magisterial bull of Ursini).
Proceedings of Chapter General held under Master John Orsini.
XCII-CLIV
(Text in Latin) 6.XII.1475
Rhodes
cf. Bosio ii, 10, 354.
- f. 95 (lxxxxii) IHS CHRS: Deliberations of the Chapter general held in
Rhodes.
- ff. 95r-99v (lxxxxiia-lxxxxvib)
List of officials; discussion of the chapter's prorogation and the audit of
the treasury; the attendees; and the opening ceremonies.
- ff. 138v-cxlii, Papal Bull of Sixtus IV, confirming the stabilimentum of
the chapter general
Proceedings of Chapter General held under Master Peter D'Aubusson.
CLV-CLXXXVIII
(Text in Latin) 29.X. 1478. Rhodes.
cf. Bosio
ii, 11, 383
- f. 155r Deliberations of the Chapter General held in Rhodes
- ff. 155r-v, Bull of Sixtus IV conferring the apostolic license to hold the
meeting
- f. 155v, selection of procurators to the common treasury
- f. 156v-158r, The opening of the chapter general October 28, with the list
of attendees
- f. 160r, Presentation of petitions
- f. 166v-167r, Regarding the construction of the new infirmary
- ff. 167v-168r, Regarding subventions for the infirmary in the Castle of
St. Peter
- f. 184v, magisterial bull regarding the administration of the Convent of
Rhodes.
- f. 184v Bull of Peter d’aubusson.
ff. clxxxxiii-clxxxxiv index to the chapter general of 1466
ARCH. 284.
SACRA CAPITOLA GENERALI
1498. 1501.
1504.
33 x 23 cm.
Proceedings of chapter General held under Master Peter
D'Aubusson.
1-5v.
(Text in Latin) 16.IX.1498 Rhodes
cf. Bosio
ii,15, 528
Proceedings of Chapter General held under Master Peter D'Aubusson.
6-50v
(Text in Latin and Italian) 5.VIII.1501 Rhodes.
cf. Bosio, 15, 541
Proceedings of Chapter General held under Grand Master Almeric Amboise.
51-100
(Text in Latin) 25. XI.
1504. Rhodes.
cf. BOSIO ii, 17, 580. REGULA HOSPIT. f. 52, xviii; f 62, ii; f 64v,
xvii; f. 67, xlii.
ARCH.
285.
ALIQUA ACTA GESTA IN CAPITULO GENERALI RHODI
CELEBRARI INCHOATO DE DIE 15 MENSIS JANUARII 1513 AB INCARNATIONE,
PROUT EX LIBRO CONCILIORUM SUB DICTA DIE, ET FOLIO 104 ELICITUR; QUOD
EST PRIMUM E.MI MAUI. MAG.RI FRIS. FABRICI DEL CARRETTO. CUIUS QUIDEM
CAPITULI PRAETER ISTA ALIA ACTA NON EXISTUNT, SED IN AMISSIONE INSULAE
RHODI DEPERDITA CENSENTUR, PROUT TESTATUR BOSIUS, II, 18, ANNO 1513,
1513
F.611. Litera C. 31 x 22cm.
Proceedings of Chapter General held under Grand Master Fabricius Carretto.
1-14
(Text in Latin) 15.1. 1514 Rhodes.
cf. BOSIO ii, 18, 611 REGULA HOSPIT. f. 11v, iii; f. 22v, 11r; f. 31v, xxix; f
36, iv; f. 37v, xii, xv; f. 38, xvi, xvii; f. 51v, xiii; f 57, xlix; f 66, xxx; f. 66v, xxxvi
ARCH. 286.
SACRA CAPITULA GENERALIA.
1526. 1532. 1538.
30 X 22 cm.
I-XXIX Proceedings of Chapter General held
under Grand Master Philip Villers de
l'Isle Adam. (Text in Latin) 19.V. 1527. Viterbo. cf. Bosio iii, 3,
53; cf. ARCH. 297
XXX-LXXV Proceedings of Chapter General held in
Malta under Grand Master Philip Villers de l'Isle Adam. (Text in Latin and
Italian) 9.II. 1533, Castel Sant'Angelo, Borgo, Malta. cf. Bosio iii, 6, 1 19; cf.
ARCH. 297 REGULA HOSPIT. f. 4v, xi, xii, xvi; f. 5, xix; f. 5v, xxvi, xxvii; f. l6v, xii; f. 29v,
xiii; f 53, xvii; f. 55, xxix; f. 56, xxxix, f. 56v, xliii; f 68, xlviii.
LXXVII-131 Proceedings of the second Chapter
General held in Malta under Grand Master John Homedes. (Text in Latin and Italian) 2.III. 1539, Castel
Sant'Angelo, Borgo, Malta; cf. Bosio iii; 9, 183; cf. ARCH. 297
ARCH. 287.
SACRA
CAPITULA GENERALIA.
1543. 1548.
37 x
27cm.
I-xxxv Proceedings of the third
Chapter General held in Malta under Grand Master John Homedez. (Text in Latin) 23.IX. 1543
Castel Sant'Angelo, Borgo, Malta. cf. Bosio iii, 11, 225; cf. ARCH. 297, 298
38-46 Decrees of a chapter General held in
Rhodes under Grand Master Fabricius Carretto, in 1520,
later approved and confirmed in the Chapter General held in Malta in March 1539. (Text in
Italian) cf. BOSIO ii, 18, 621
XLVIII-LXXXIX Proceedings of the fourth Chapter
General held in Malta under Grand Master John Homedez. (Text in Latin and Italian) 6.V. 1548
Castel Sant'Angelo, Borgo, Malta. cf. Bosio iii, 13, 253 cf. ARCH. 297, 298 Cf REGULA
HOSPIT. f. 6, xxxi; f 16v, ix; f. 17v, xviii; f. 18, xxiii; f. 20v, xxxviii, xxxix; f. 29v, xvii, xviii; f
43v, xxxix; f. 56v, xlv; f. 57v, lv; f. 71, xxxvii, xxxviii.
xc-xcii Decrees of the
Provincial Chapter of the Priory of Castile and Leon, approved and confirmed in the Chapter
General held in Malta in 1548. (Text in Spanish)
Arch. 288
SACRA CAPITULA
GENERALIA.
1555. 1558. 1565
36 x 26 cm
I-XLIX Proceedings of the fifth Chapter General held in Malta under
Grand Master Claudius de la Sengle. (Text in Latin) 21.IV. 1555. Castel Sant'Angelo, Borgo, Malta; cf. Bosio
iii, 17, 357; cf. ARCH. 299.
LI-XCV Proceedings of the sixth Chapter General held in Malta under
Grand Master John
de la Vallette. (Text in Latin) 13. XI. 1558. Grand Master's Palace, Borgo, Malta. cf. Bosio ii, 19, 401
cf. ARCH. 299
97-162, Proceedings of the seventh Chapter General held in Malta under
Grand Master John de
la Vallette. (Text in Latin and Italian) 10.II. 1566. Grand Master's Palace, Borgo, Malta. cf.
Bosio iii, 34, 729.
Arch. 289
Sacrum Capitulum Generale
1569
35 x 25 cm.
I-LXXX Proceedings of the eighth Chapter General held in Malta under
Grand Master Peter
del Monte. (Text in Latin and Italian) 20.XI.1569, Grand Master’s Palace, Borgo, Malta. cf. Bosio iii, 39, 842.
Arch. 290
Sacra Capitula Generalia
1574.
1578
36 x 26 cm.
1-99v Proceedings of the ninth Chapter General held in Malta under
Grand Master John
Levesque de la Cassière. (Text in Latin and Italian) 7.XI. 1574. Valletta, Malta. Cf. DAL
POZZO i, 93; cf. ARCH. 301
101-179 Proceedings of the tenth Chapter General held
in Malta under Grand Master John Levesque de la Cassière. (Text in Latin and Italian). 30.XI.
1578, Valletta, Malta. cf. DAL POZZO i, 156; cf. ARCH. 301; Cf. NOVA STATUT. f. 11,
43-45; f. 18, 35; f. 19, 36; f. 43v, 68; f. 49, 69-74; f. 57, 20; f. 67, 46, 47; f. 74, 24, 25; f. 89, 13;
f. 107, 63; f. 109v, 13; f. 112v, 17; f 126v, 66-72; f. 133v, 5.
Arch. 291
Sacrum Capitulum Generale
1583
36 x 25 cm
1-134 Proceedings of the
eleventh Chapter General held in Malta under Grand Master Hugh de Loubenx Verdala. (Text in
Latin and Italian). 10.VII. 1583. Valletta, Malta. Cf Dal Pozzo, i, 236; cf. ARCH. 302
Arch. 292
Sacrum Capitulum Generale
1587
36 x 25 cm
1-22 Proceedings of the
twelfth chapter General held in Malta under Grand Master Hugh de Loubenx Verdala (Text in
Latin). 20.III.1588. Valletta, Malta. cf. Dal Pozzo, i, 304.
Arch. 293
Sacrum Capitulum Generale
1598
35 x 24 cm
1-175v Proceedings of the thirteenth Chapter
General held in Malta under Grand Master Martin Garzes. (Text in Latin and Italian) 4.I.1598, Valletta, Malta. cf. DAL POZZO i, 394; cf. Arch. 304; cf. Le Ordinationi del
Capitolo Generale celebrato nell’anno MDCIII dall’Ill.mo e Rmo. Gran Maestro Fra Alofio di
Wignacourt con un indice volgare. Roma, 1609, pp. 127-128; p. 136; p. 165; pp. 212-214
See also Section 10:
- AOM 1652, Ordinationes anni 1598. I nuovi statuti,
e le ordinationi confermate, e le nuovo fatte dal capitolo generale celebrato in
malta l'anno 1598 (Acta
et ordinationes Capituli Generalis diebus 4-28 Ianuarii 1598 Vallettae celebrati
sub magisterio Martini Garzes.) 202 pp.
- AOM 1653, Ordinazioni del del Gran Maestro Garzes.
Ordinazioni del S. Capitolo generale celebrato nell'anno 1598 tradotte in Lingua
volgare italiana. (Versione italiana degli statuti e delle ordinazioni promulgati nel capitolo general del
1598.) 96 ff.
Arch. 294
Sacrum Capitulum Generale
1603
36 x 24 cm
1-186 Proceedings of the fourteenth Chapter
General held in Malta under Grand Master Alofius de
Wignacourt. (Text in Latin and Italian). 15.II.1604. Valletta,
Malta. cf. Dal Pozzo i, 485; cf. Arch. 305; cf. Le Ordinationi del Capitolo Generale celebrato
nell’anno MDCIII dall’Ill.mo e Rmo. Gran Maestro Fra Alofio di Wignacourt con un indice
volgare. Roma, 1609.
See also Section 10:
- AOM 1654, Ordinacioni [del capitolo generale celebrato] nell' 1603 ab
incarnatione [sotto il magistero di Alosio de Wignacourt], 116 ff
Arch. 295
Sacrum Capitulum Generale
1612
35 x 24 cm.
1-140. Proceedings of the fifteenth Chapter
General held in Malta under Grand Master Alofius
de Wignacourt. (Text in Latin and Italian). 29.IV.1612. Valletta, Malta. cf. Dal Pozzo i, 569;
cf. Arch. 306; cf. Ordinationi del Capitolo Generale celebrato nell’anno MDCXXXI, dal fu
Emmo. e Rev. mo Gran Maestro Fra Antonio de Paula con un indice volgare. Borgo Nuovo,
1674, pp. 7-18; p. 87.
Arch. 296
Sacrum Capitulum General
1631
37 x 26 cm
1-175 Proceedings of the sixteenth Chapter General held in Malta under
Grand Master Anthony de
Paul (Text in Latin and Italian). 11.V.1631, Valletta, Malta. cf. Dal Pozzo i, 792; cf. Arch. 307,
308; cf. Ordinationi del Capitolo Generale celebrato nell’anno MDCXXXI, dal fu Emmo. e
Rev.mo Gran Maestro Fra Antonio de Paula con un indice volgare. Borgo Nuovo, 1674.
See also Section 10:
AOM 1655, Ordinazioni sotto il Gran Maestro Alosio de Wignacourt (Atti
e statuti del Capitolo Generale celbrato a Malta l'anno 1631 durante il
Magistero di Antonio de Paula), 106 ff.
AOM 1656, AOM 1657 Ordinationes capituli generalis anni 1631, 5+246
pp. (Two copies)
Arch. 297
Liber Capitulorum Generalium Viterbii et Melitae Celebratorum.
1526. 1532. 1538. 1543. 1548
35 x 25 cm
I-xxx Proceedings of Chapter General held under
Grand Master Philip Villers de l'Isle Adam.
18.V. 1527, Viterbo. Copy of Arch. 286
XXXI-LXIX Proceedings of Chapter General held
in Malta under Grand Master Philip Villers de l'Isle Adam. 9.II. 1533 Castel
Sant'Angelo, Borgo, Malta
Copy of Arch. 286
LXXI-CX Proceedings of the second Chapter
General held in Malta under Grand Master John Homedez. 2 .III. 1539. Castel Sant'Angelo,
Borgo, Malta. Copy of Arch. 286
CXI-CXVII Copy of decrees of Chapter General
held in Rhodes under Grand Master Fabricius Carretto, in 1520, later approved and
confirmed in the Chapter General held in Malta in March 1539. cf. Arch. 287, 298
CXIX-CXLVII Proceedings of the third Chapter
General held in Malta under Grand Master
John Homedez. 23.IX. 1543, Castel Sant'Angelo,
Borgo, Malta. Copy of Arch. 287, 298
CXLVIIII-cLxxxIv Proceedings of the fourth
Chapter General held in Malta under Grand Master John Homedez. 6.V. 1548. Castel
Sant'Angelo, Borgo, Malta. Copy of Arch. 287, 298
cLxxxv-cLxxxvi Decrees of the Provincial Chapter of the Priory of Castile and Leon,
approved and confirmed in the Chapter General held in Malta in 1548. cf. Arch.
287, 298
Arch. 298
Capitula Generalia
1543. 1548
35 x
25 cm.
1-45 Proceedings of the third Chapter General
held in Malta under Grand Master John Homedez. 23.IX. 1543. Castel Sant' Angelo, Borgo, Malta. Copy of Arch. 287, 297
47-58 Copy of decrees of Chapter General held
in Rhodes under Grand Master Fabricius Carretto, in 1520, later approved and
confirmed in the Chapter General held in Malta in March 1539. cf. Arch. 287, 297
60-118 Proceedings of the fourth Chapter
General held in Malta under Grand Master John Homedez. 6.V. 1548. Castel Sant'Angelo,
Borgo, Malta.
Copy of Arch. 287, 297
119-121 Decrees of the Provincial Chapter of the Priory of Castile and Leon, approved and
confirmed in the Chapter General held in Malta in 1548. cf. Arch. 287, 297
Arch. 299
Capitula Generalia Annorum
1555. 1558. 1565 ab
Incarnatione
35 x 25 cm
1-45 Proceedings of the fifth Chapter General
held in Malta under Grand Master Claudius de la Sengle. 21.IV. 1555 Castel
Sant'Angelo, Borgo, Malta
Copy of Arch. 288
47-91Proceedings of the sixth Chapter General
held in Malta under Grand Master John de la Vallette.
13.XI.1558 Grand Master's Palace, Borgo, Malta. Copy of Arch. 288
93-163 Proceedings of the seventh Chapter
General held in Malta under Grand Master John de la Vallette. 10.II. 1566 Grand Master's
Palace, Borgo, Malta. Copy of Arch. 288
Arch. 300
Liber Capituli Generalis Anni
1569
34 x 24 cm
1-104 Proceedings of the eight Chapter General
held in Malta under Grand Master Peter del Monte.
20. XI. 1569 Grand Master's Palace, Borgo, Malta
Copy of Arch. 289
Arch.
301
Capitula Generalia Annorum
1574. 1578
40 x 28 cm
1-115 Proceedings of the ninth Chapter General
held in Malta under Grand Master John Levesque de la Cassiere.
7. XI. 1574 Valletta, Malta.
Copy of Arch. 290
117-195 Proceedings of the tenth Chapter
General held in Malta under Grand Master John Levesque de la Cassiere.
30.XI. 1578 Valletta, Malta.
Copy of Arch 290
Arch.
302
Capitulum Generale Anni
1583
35 x 25 cm
1-173
Proceedings of the eleventh Chapter General held in Malta under Grand.Master, Hugh de Loubeux Verdala.
10.XII.1583 Valletta, Malta. Copy of Arch. 291
Arch. 303
Sacrum
Capitulum Generale.
1587 ab Incarnatione
36 x
25 cm.
1- 161 Proceedings of the twelfth Chapter
General held in Malta under Grand Master Hugh de Loubenx
Verdala.
20.III. 1588. Valletta, Malta
Copy of Arch. 292
Arch.
304
Capitulum Generale
1597
35 x 24 cm
1-218 Proceedings of the thirteenth Chapter
General held in Malta under Grand Master Martin Garzez. 4.I.1598. Valletta, Malta. Copy of Arch. 293.
Arch. 305
Capitulum Generale
1603 ab Incarnatione
40 x 27 cm.
1-196 Proceedings of the fourteenth Chapter
General held in Malta under Grand Master Alosius de Wignacourt. 15.II.1604. Valletta, Malta. Copy of
Arch. 294
Arch. 306
Liber sacri Capituli Generalis Anno 1612 Celebrati
1612
35 x 25 cm.
1-228 Proceedings of the fifteenth Chapter
General held in Malta under Grand Master Alosius de Wignacourt. 29.IV.1612. Valletta,
Malta. Copy of Arch. 295
Arch. 307
Capitulum Generale Anni
1631
40 x 29 cm
1-246 Proceedings of the sixteenth Chapter
General held in Malta under Grand Master Anthony de Paul. 11.V.1631. Valletta, Malta. Copy
of Arch. 296, 308
Arch.
308
Sacrum Generale Capitulum
1631
37 x 28 cm
1-246 Proceedings of the sixteenth Chapter
General held in Malta under Grand Master Anthony de Paul. 11.V.1631. Valletta, Malta. Copy of Arch.
296, 307
Arch. 309
Capitulum Generale Anni 1776
1776
42 x 28 cm
1-307 Proceedings of the seventeenth Chapter
General held in Malta under Grand Master Emmanuel de Rohan. (Text in Latin, Italian and French)
24.XI. 1776 Valletta, Malta
cf. ORDINAZIONI DEL CAPITOLO GENERALE CELEBRATO NELL' ANNO 1776. Malta,
Gio. Mallia, 1779. This title is provisional, as the copy preserved in the Royal Library of .Malta
lacks title-page. Cf. F. DE HELLWALD, Bibliographie Méthodique de l'Ordre Souv.
de St. Jean de Jerusalem. Rome, 1885, p. 219. For ff. 295v-299v; f. 307 cf. STABILIMENTI FATTI DAL VENERANDO CONSIGLIO DI RITENZIONE, in esecuzione
della determinazione del Sacro Capitolo Generale celebrato nel 1775, da osservarsi nella
recezione dei Cavalieri della Veneranda Lingua d'Italia. Malta, Gio. Mallia, 1779.
See also Section 10:
- Arch. 1661, 1662: Ordinazioni del capitolo generale del 1776 e statuti del gran maestro de Rohan; Conferma degli statuti ordinazioni (Malta, 1779) (2 vols)
- Arch. 1663: Codice del Sacro Militare Ordine Gerosolimitano per Comandamente del Sacro Generale Capitolo Celebrato nell'Anno MDCCLXXVI (Malta, 1782);
Privilegi della Sacra Religione di San Giovanni Gerosolimitano con Indici volgare (Malta, 1777) (2 vols)
Arch. 310
Rolli Presentati i Capitoli Generali degli Anni 1612. 1631
1612. 1631
38 x 26 cm
Drafts of reforms to be discussed and eventually introduced in the Statutes
of the Order, proposed to the Chapters General held in 1612 and 1631
Arch. 311
Ruoli Presentati al Capitolo
Generale del 1631
1631
33 x 22 cm
- 5-16 Copies of Bulls of Urban VIII.
- 17-18 Original Briefs of Urban VIII.
- 19-21 Letters.
- 23 Original Brief of Urban VIII.
- 24-29 Petitions submitted to the Chapter General.
- 30-34 Original Briefs of Urban VIII.
- 35 Letter of Cardinal Barberini to the Grand .Master.
- 37-45 Exhortation of the Grand Master before the celebration of the Chapter General. -
Letters of Card. Barberini and of Urban VIII.
- 47 Record of expenses in the administration of the Order.
- 48-53 Copy of extracts from the Chapters General held between 1527 and 1603.
- 59-60 List of members who took part in the Chapter General of 1631.
- 62-70 Draft of statutes.
Arch. 312
Rolli mem.ti Presentati al Sacro Capitolo Generale del 1776, con alcune Relazioni Originali di
Commissari Approvate dallo stesso Capitolo Generale
1776
40 x 25 cm.
- 1 Grand Master De Rohan announces the
holding of the chapter General of 1776.
- 360-361 The Congregation of the Navy of the
Order.
- 365-374 Petitions submitted to the Chapter
General.
- 375-377 Report on the Public Library.
- 378-496 Petitions presented to the Chapter
General together with their relative report.
- 497-504 Pamphlet in print: SCRITTURA
INFORMATIVA PER I PENSIONISTI DELLE TRE VENERANDE LINGUE DI PROVENZA, ALVERNIA,
E FRANCIA. 1773, s. 1.
- 506-511 Petitions submitted to the Chapter
General.
- 512-515 Decrees concerning the duties of
Majors and their Lieutenants.
- 517-544 Petitions submitted to the Chapter
General.
- 545-562 Suggestions proposed to the Chapter
General by the Langue of Ger many.
- 563-583 Petitions for a subsidy presented to
the Chapter General by the Dames of the Order of Toulouse.
- 585-586 Petition presented to the Chapter
General by the Dames of the Order of Martel.
- 587-588 Petitions of the Bailiff Anthony de
Ribas.
Arch. 313
Suppliche al Capitolo Generale
del 1631
1631
34 x 23 cm
Petitions for dispensation to enter the Order from minors of noble birth to
the Chapter General.
- 1-7 List of the names of the petitioners for dispensation from minorage.
- 10-519 Original petitions for dispensation from minorage presented by candidates asking for
admission into the Order.
Arch. 314.
Suppliche al Capitolo Generale del 1631
1631
32 x 22 cm
1-624 Original petitions presented to the Grand Master and the Chapter General
Arch. 315
Ristretto e Nota di Tutti i Capitoli Generali Celebrati dalla Sacra Religione e Ill.ma Militia di San
Giovanni Gerosolimitano in Sei Secoli ch’ella e Stabilita, Cosi nelle Parti Orientali come nell’
Occidentali
n.d.
n.a.
Title (from title page): Ristretto e Nota di tutti i Capitoli Generali
celebrati dalla Sacra Religione e Illustrissima Militia di San Giovanni
Gerosolimitano in Sei Secoli di ch’ella e Stabilita, cosi nelle Parti Orientali
come nell’Occidentali. [a summary of the statutes and laws enacted in the
Chapters General under various Grand Masters, from Raymond du Puy to John
Homedes (1118-1548)]
On spine: Label: Ristrett[] di Tvttiis Capit.Gener. "I" written in ink. 16th
century, mm. 290 x 200. Parchment bound. Page 3, Incipit: "Introduttione
all’opera" . Stamp: Regia Bibliotheca Melitensis, No. 315. ARCH.
Summary of the statutes and laws enacted in the Chapters General between 1118
and 1548. In addition, the volume contains transcriptions of some papal
and magisterial bulls. The materials pertain to the chapter generals held by the
following masters of the Order:
-
- Raymond du Puy, 1118.
-
- Alphonsus of Portugal, 1194.
-
- Hugh Revel, 1205.
-
- Nicholas Lorgue, 1278, 1288.
-
- John de Villers, 1292, 1293.
-
- Odo de Pins, 1294, 1295.
-
- William Villaret, 1296, 1308.
-
- Helion Villeneuve, 1330, 1332.
-
- Deodate de Gozon, 1346, 1352.
-
- Peter de Cornillan, 1354.
-
- Roger de Pins, 1356.
-
- Raymond Berengarius, 1366, 1370.
-
- Robert de Julliac, 1376.
-
- John Fernandez de Heredia, 1380,1393.
-
- Philibert de Naillac, 1410, 1420.
-
- Anthony Fluvianus, 1428, 1432.
-
- John de Lastic, 1445, 1449.
-
- James de Milly, 1454, 1459.
-
- Raymond Zacosta, 1466.
-
- John d'Orsini, 1471, 1475.
-
- Peter D'Aubusson, 1478, 1480, 1498, 1501.
-
- Almeric Amboise, 1504, 1510.
-
- Fabricius Carretto, 1514, 1520.
-
- Philip Villers de l'Isle Adam, 1527.
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- John Homedes, 1543, 1548.
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