Archivum De Piro: HMML Repository

Archivum de Piro

The Archivum de Piro manuscript and archival collection, housing the private papers of the de Piro family in Valletta, chart the history of the city and its affairs in the Mediterranean. The digitization project was completed in partnership with the Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti.


Collection
Malta
Country
Malta
City
Valletta
Repository
Archivum de Piro
Project Codes
FPMPA1, FPMPL1, FPMPA1B
Type
Digital
Objects Preserved
624
Active Catalog Records
1
Digital Surrogates
624
Date Preserved
2015-2017
HMML Reading Room (sample record)
https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/208156
HMML Authority File
https://haf.vhmml.org/organization/845001133417
Languages
Italian, French, Latin, English, Portuguese, Spanish
Preservation Status
Complete
Cataloging Status
In progress

The Archivum de Piro comprises an extensive private family collection of documents and records, including letters, legal cases, wills, contracts, maps, proofs of nobility and other items of interest. There are over 300 manuscripts and 200 archival boxes in the collection, with documents dating back to the 16th century. The archive records the history of the family from Dr. Lorenzo Ubaldesco, lawyer and conventional chaplain to the Knights of Malta, through the modern period. The majority of the collection digitized includes the vast documentary history of Giovanni Pio de Piro (1673-1752), 1st Baron of Budach and 1st Marquis de Piro, whose prodigious letter writing and travels chronicle the history Malta and the Mediterranean in the 18th century.

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