Treasures of Malta No. 94, Christmas 2025 Vol. XXXII No. 1

Description Editorial Giovanni Bonello A Seventeenth-Century Maltese Quran and the ‘Friday mosque of the Muslims’ Michael Cooperson Michael Cooperson investigates the Arabic text and English translation of the colophon of a Quran codex, copied by a Muslim slave in Malta in 1654 The Steeples and Domes of Floriana’s Major Churches (Part I): The Parish Church of St Publius Kenneth Cauchi In this two-part feature, Kenneth Cauchi reviews the turbulent history of the main ecclesiastical edifices that have shaped and characterised the skyline of Valletta’s suburb Beryl A. Chapple: A British Artist in 1960s Malta Theresa Vella Theresa Vella pays homage to a remarkable artist whose work and time in Malta has largely been overlooked in local publications surveying the island’s modern and contemporary art scene A Painting Brought from Rhodes: The Conservation Journey of the Panel Painting of St Anthony of Padua at the Church of Our Lady of Victory, in Valletta Lydia Pavia Dimech and Amy Sciberras Carmelo Felice: The People’s Photographer Kevin Casha Photography historian Kevin Casha uncovers the story of a promising photographer at Paola and Ħamrun from the early twentieth century onwards ‍The Abstracted Star: Cremona’s Christmas Designs from the Collection of the Malta Postal Museum Lara Bugeja My Favourite Object Albert S. Grech From Our Digitisation Studio Antonia Critien In Memoriam: Albert Ganado (1924–2025) Joseph Schirò Mabel Strickland (1899–1988): Her Lasting Legacy Victor Aquilina The Cover Charles Farrugia Bookshelf Mark-Anthony Falzon; Matthew Robert Shirfield Cultural Review Cecilia Xuereb Calendar Highlights Antonia Critien A subject index to the illustrations in Treasures of Malta, Vol. XXXI Paul Xuereb and Antonia Critien