DFASinMalta’s last lecture of the season will cover Maltese art in public collections in the UK.

This year DFASinMalta chose to help the National Archives in Rabat to conserve part of the collection of Vincenzo Mario Pellegrini, donated to the archives by his son, Gabriel Pellegrini.  Vincenzo Maria Pellegrini (1911-1997) was a particularly erudite notary who contributed to the Maltese cultural scene with a number of articles, compositions of music and poetry as well as his own artistic compositions.  He collected the works of his artist friends and was very involved in the contemporary Maltese cultural environment.

Lord Bryon, his Romantic Inheritance and his Artistic Legacy is the subject of DFASinMalta's next lecture on 11 January 2018 at the Salini Resort and Spa in St Paul’s Bay. Our speaker Elizabeth Merry will take us through the author’s turbulent family history, his development as peer and how Byron’s troubled heroes mirrored the author’s life. For more information and reservations please contact Nicky Stilon at maltadfas@gmail.com

DFASinMalta is a member of The Arts Society.  Malta’s first own Decorative and Fine Arts Society was keen to raise awareness about the special covers and set the example by sponsoring the conservation treatment of three volumes.  In spite of being taught not to judge a book by its cover, this is exactly what is sometimes done at the Notarial Archives. While the content of a volume remained important to researchers, the beauty of a decorated paper cover was apparent to anyone at first glance.