Explore the rich history of liturgical vestments!

 

Date: April 26th

Time: 8:30AM -1PM

Location: the Inquisitor's Palace, Birgu

Heritage Malta invites history enthusiasts – especially those intrigued by the religious heritage woven in past textiles and wearables – to a unique seminar at the Inquisitor's Palace in Birgu.

The seminar, titled 'Threads of Faith: Liturgical Vestments from the Knights to the British Period', centres around the ongoing exhibition with the same name at the Inquisitor's Palace.

Programme:

Part 1

8.30am – Registrations

9.00am – 9.30am – Dr Christian Attard – Fabricating Faith: Confraternal Garbs, Materiality and Meaning

9.30am – 10.00am – Rev. Dr Nicholas Doublet – Threads of Reform: The Baroque Splendour of the Jesuit Liturgical Vestment Collection in Hospitaller Malta

10.00am – 10.30am – Dr Mark Sagona – Extraordinary Eclecticism: Nicola Zammit and Joseph-Alphonse Henry between Lyon and Malta

10.30am – 11.00am – Evelyn Baluci – The Gioia of Grand Master Claude de la Sengle (1494-1557)

11.00am – 11.30am – Coffee Break

Part 2

11.30am – 12.00pm – George Agius – Il-Paramenti Sagri ta' D'Aubusson: Teżor Salvat

12.00pm – 12.30pm – Claire Bonavia – Sacred Fabrics: The Conservation and Restoration of 15th-Century Green Vestments

12.30pm – 1.00pm – Annamaria Gatt – Ecclesiastical Laces: Symbolism and Craft in Liturgical Vestments

 

Tickets are to be pre-booked online here Store – Heritage Malta or purchased at any Heritage Malta museum or site.

Rates are as follows: Adults and Seniors – €15.00, Students and Heritage Malta Members – €10.00.

The ticket price is inclusive of a copy of the exhibition catalogue 'Threads of Faith – Liturgical Vestments of the Order of St John'.

 

 

 

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