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A model of the St John Eye Hospital

In the 19th century the Order of St John was keen to expand further its humanitarian activity. In 1881 a Committee was appointed to consider how a site in Jerusalem could be obtained for the Order, to...

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First World War Army Ration Biscuit

One of the more surprising things in the Museum’s collection is a biscuit: an army ration biscuit that was used as if it were a postcard – with an address and stamp on one side, and a message on the...

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Peregrinationes in Terram Sanctam (Pilgrimages to the Holy Land) 

This is the third edition of Peregrinationes in Terram Sanctam (Pilgrimages to the Holy Land) and was printed by Peter Drach in Speyer in Germany. The book is an account of a journey made by the...

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Warrant appointing the Empress Elisabeth Amalie of Austria to be a Dame Grand...

The collections of the Museum of the Order of St John include a little known, but internationally significant and fascinating collection of early printed books and bound manuscripts. Thanks to a...

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Profession des Chevaliers de S. Jean de Hierusalem

The collections of the Museum of the Order of St John include a little known, but internationally significant and fascinating collection of early printed books and bound manuscripts. Thanks to a...

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Relatione del viaggio di Levante fatto dalle Galere Pontificie congiuntamente...

The collections of the Museum of the Order of St John include a little known, but internationally significant and fascinating collection of early printed books and bound manuscripts. Thanks to a...

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Stabilimenta Militum Hierosolymitanorum

The collections of the Museum of the Order of St John include a little known, but internationally significant and fascinating collection of early printed books and bound manuscripts. Thanks to a...

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Varj componimenti in lode dell’eminentissimo, e reverendissimo Principe...

The collections of the Museum of the Order of St John include a little known, but internationally significant and fascinating collection of early printed books and bound manuscripts. Thanks to a...

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A pilgrimage to ye Pigge and Peas by Five Bores

The collections of the Museum of the Order of St John include a little known, but internationally significant and fascinating collection of early printed books and bound manuscripts. Thanks to a...

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Il pianto d’Arethusa: poemetto di Bernardino Martirano, dedicato al Signor...

  The collections of the Museum of the Order of St John include a little known, but internationally significant and fascinating collection of early printed books and bound manuscripts. Thanks to a...

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