The Alfred Mizzi Foundation has adopted the 53 manuscript volumes of Notary Bartholomeo Selvagij de Via, dating from 1531 to 1551, and has paid for their restoration. By means of a €50,000 contribution towards the ‘Adopt a Notary’ scheme, the foundation is helping the Notarial Archives Resource Council (NARC) in its mission to preserve the nation’s paper heritage for future generations. Notary Selvagij de Via, the Sovereign Military Order’s notary while the Knights were still in Rhodes, sheds light on the first decades of the Knights’ stay in Vittoriosa. Documentation of this particular period of Maltese history is rare and these acts reveal daily activities and occurrences in Vittoriosa.

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