Library Update

Although for much of 2024, the library collection has been boxed and stored while Chancery refurbishment has progressed, cataloguing and the sourcing and acquisition of new stock – books and journal articles – by the Librarian has been maintained. Some recent additions are listed (and illustrated) below:

Abercrombie, Gordon Ellyson, The Hospitaller Knights of Saint John at Rhodes, 1306-1522,   

    Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2024.

Bradford, Ernle, The Knights of the Order, New York: Dorset Press, 1991.

Camilleri, Maroma, In the Footsteps of the Hospitallers: 900 Years of Chivalry, Faith

    and Charity [exhibition catalogue], Valletta: National Library of Malta, 2023.

Elvins, Mark Turnham, The Call to Hospitality: The Origins of the Hospitaller Vocation,

    Leominster: Gracewing, 2013.

Gaylor, John Hamilton, Scots Heraldry in Focus: A Critical Review (ed. by Kevin Greig & Gordon

    Casely), Northport, Maine: Palfrey Press, 2024.

Glozier, Matthew, Symbols of Hope: Heraldry and Ceremony, London: St John of Jerusalem  

    Eye Hospital Group, 2024.

Gorton, T. J. & Gorton, A. F. (eds), A Jerusalem Anthology: Travel Writing through the Centuries, 

    Cairo / New York: The American University in Cairo Press.

Llull, Ramon, The Book of the Order of Chivalry (trans. by Noel Fallows), Woodbridge:

    The Boydell Press, 2013.

Paul, Nicholas & Yeager, Suzanne, (eds), Remembering the Crusades: Myth, Image, and Identity,

    Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.

Willoughby, Roger & Wilson, John, For Service in the Cause of Humanity: The Life Saving

    Awards of the Order of St John, Bromsgrove: Worcestershire Medal Service Ltd, 2024.

The Librarian hopes that Order members will find the St John Scotland website link to pearlsfromthepend.wordpress.com continues to be of interest.