Tesseræ 10 – Spring 2020 + FREE Tesseræ Turns Ten

Description

Issue 10 has 3 conservation articles, namely the Sette Giugno burial monument, two kings’ portraits from the Grand Master’s Palace, and an interview with restorer Christian Bianchi. Other articles cover the 75th Anniversary of WWII VE-Day Festivities in Europe and Malta, local ancient burial practices and human remains, the project of MEMORJA from the National Archives of Malta, and a highlight of Heritage Malta’s Diagnostic Science Laboratories. It also introduces the first from a series of articles on Heritage Malta’s underwater sites, while the recurring short themes cover new works of Art added to the National Collection, snapshots from Heritage Malta archives’ snapshots, the maintenance of swords, and also introducing the first of a series of features on the  didactic resources produced by Heritage Malta’s Publishing. Also in this issue is the first of a regular short feature on lesser known but peculiar artefacts from the National Collections