This is a story of fortunate coincidences. For some '(two years?) I am interested in St. James Temple of Isernia, phantom Templar Commandery , over to the Hospitallers of St. John after 1312 and, needless to itself the Knights of Malta after 1530. Useless to seek it in the old town: the old factory - probably located between Santa Maria and San Francesco delle Monache - was ruined even before the earthquake of 1805 will crumble just the memory (of all this, I promise, we'll talk).
About a year ago, making web surfing I run into this site American ( Hill Museum and Manuscript Library in Collegeville, Minnesota) where I found a wonderful " electronic finding aid for the archives of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in Valletta (...)». Do as search keys of my obsession with the mantra - "Isernia" and "San James "- and open sesame: I find that there are at least three, in ' Central Archives of the Order of Malta (AOM), the documents referred to the Commandery of St. James Isernia: the first is a Cabreo of 105 sheets of 1636, the second in 1708, entitled "Improvements to the commen-of Isernia and Settle", the third, same title, is 1789.
Hmmm. But now? Ok, there are: they are in Malta at the National Library in Valletta. Bella news, and end of transmissions.
Months went by, "San Giacomo" is just the title of a file of notes in. odt not open even more. Risorgimento our national interests me now. The life of a librarian proceeds without chills. In June 2010, Daniel began to do here at Michele Romano his postgraduate internship. One day in September tells me he has the opportunity to go to Malta to do a three-month internship in a museum on the island. He asks me if he can leave, stopping the training. "If you can ? Want to miss the opportunity to spend the winter at 28 degrees, between the palm trees and prickly pears, preferring to help with heating means to the lending means? You leave. " Danilo part, but first tell me that the Stage is no longer in a museum but National Library of Malta . I am a spy in the brain turns on again and send him e-mail the three license plate numbers codes Rangers (AOM6198, AOM and AOM6158a 6158).
morning Danilo is back with two good news: the first is that the National Library is made worse than Michael Romano, the second, which brought home in two cds maxell, the three Cabreo lost.
I think, for the future, to reopen the file named "San Giacomo".
Stay tuned.