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Title: L-Istatwa ta' Marsilja
Authors: Schembri, Angelo
Keywords: Papier-mache sculpture -- Malta -- History
Gafa, Melchiorre, 1636-1667. St. Paul (Valletta, Malta)
Processional statues -- Malta
Paul, the Apostle, Saint -- Processional statues -- Malta -- Valletta
Collegiate Church of St. Paul's Shipwreck (Valletta, Malta)
Darmanin, Carlo, 1825-1909
Cremona, Vincenzo Maria, 1851-1912
Papier-mache sculpture -- Malta -- Gozo -- History
Papier-mache sculpture -- France -- Marseille -- History
Christian art and symbolism -- Malta
Issue Date: 2002
Publisher: Gudja : Għaqda Mużikali Marija Assunta
Citation: Schembri, A. (2002). L-Istatwa ta' Marsilja, ' Madonna taċ-Ċintura, [Gudja,] festa 2002', pp. 39, 41.
Abstract: Il-qima lejn l-istatwi bħala xbiha t'Alla hija tradizzjoni Maltija li ilha minn żmien il-pre-istorja. Għalhekk l-istatwi tal-kartapesti malajr saru popolari Malta, u f'Għawdex kienet bdiet id-drawwa li dawn l-istatwi jiġu ordnati minn kumpanija f'Marsilja Gallard et Fils, moda li nxterdet f'Malta wkoll. Iżda l-importazzjoni tal-istatwi spiċċat fis-snin għoxrin hekk kif l-istatwi bdew isiru mill-injam f'Malta stess.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/56686
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