/library/oar/handle/123456789/931 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:33:36 GMT 2025-11-14T22:33:36Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/122909 Title: X'nafu dwar Callus? Authors: Fiorini, Stanley Abstract: L-ISTORJA ftit magħrufa tal-patrijott Malti, it-tabib Mattew alias Ġużeppi Callus, bdiet taħkem l- immaġinazzjoni tal-pubbliku Malti mill-bidu tas-seklu dsatax (kmieni wara t-tluq ta' l-Ordni) 'il quddiem, mitejn u ħamsin sena wara ġrajjietu, bil-kitbiet ta' Jean de Bosredon Ransijat, William Eton, Dominique Miege, GianAnton Vassallo, Ramiro Barbaro di San Giorgio, Guze Muscat Azzopardi u ohrajn warajhom. Dawn kollha siltu l-ġrajja minn dokument tas-seklu sbatax - kitba ta' Dun Filippu Borgia - li, b'xorti ħazina tfixkel l-isem ta' l-eroj tagħna u sejjaħlu Mattew flok Ġużeppi kif kien tabilħaqq jismu, imma fl-istess waqt kien hu li, biex ngħidu hekk, kixef il-borma wara li l-ġrajja ta' stmellija nsatret kemm setgħet għal sebgħin sena sħaħ biex ma jiħmarux l-użuh ta' min kellu jdejh maħmuġa. Minkejja l-isforzi li ċar li kien hemm biex kollox jibqa' moħbi, il-figura storika ta' Callus ma setgħetx titħassar kif ġieb u laħaq u saħansitra xi dettalji ta' x'ġara sew u kif temmewlu ħajtu fuq il-forka għad baqa' ħjiel tagħhom farkivji jigimgħu l- għabra ta' sekli. L-għan ta' din il-kitba hi sewwasew li ġġissem b'dokumentazzjoni kemm jista' jkun sħiħa dan il-persunaġġ ewlieni fil-ġlieda għad-drittijiet sagrosanti tal-Maltin fi-ewwel nofs tas-seklu sittax u tikxef kemm tista' dettalji tal-komplott fuq ħajtu mill-Gran Mastru De Valette biex tlaħħam il-qafas tal-ġrajjiet li għaddielna Borgia. Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/122909 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/122904 Title: Dingli / Tartarni and the Medieval Parish of Santa Domenica Authors: Fiorini, Stanley Abstract: The recent controversy over the opening of certain new thoroughfares in Dingli has focussed the attention of many, who are genuinely interested in our heritage, on the ruins of an old arched structure, a church, a little-known and overlooked site, between Triq is-Sienja and Triq il-M.U.S.E.U.M., which has to date eluded the attention of researchers. I was first made aware of the structure some twelve years ago when it was pointed out to me by Prof. Nicholas Vella of the Classics and Archaeology Department of the University of Malta, who noticed it when he was walking towards Dingli along Triq il-Buskett. I have since learnt that it had only then become uncovered when the roof collapsed after a heavy downpour. Till then it was hidden from view, tucked away inside a derelict farmhouse whose owners never appreciated that it was the ruins of a church. The owners inform me that it had been inherited, through the Tanti branch of the family, for several generations; to be noted, is that in 1687, 28.5% of all Tantis in Malta were to be found in Dingli. Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/122904 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/121169 Title: New results and problems on crossing numbers Authors: Fiorini, Stanley; Gauci, John Baptist Abstract: The purpose of this presentation is threefold. We start by giving a set of new necessary and sufficient conditions for the Zarankiewicz conjecture on the crossing number of complete bipartite graphs. These conditions are expressed in terms of the crossing numbers' divisibility properties and their expressibility as polynomials. We then examine the Cartesian Product of two graphs, and give an alternative proof to that given by Klesc regarding the crossing number of a particular family of graphs. In the last section, we consider Generalized Petersen Graphs and calculate for the first time the crossing number of another family of graphs. Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/121169 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/121112 Title: Necessary and sufficient conditions for the Zarankiewicz conjecture on crossing numbers Authors: Fiorini, Stanley; Gauci, John Baptist Abstract: Necessary and sufficient conditions are given for the Zarankiewicz conjecture on the crossing number of complete biparite graphs and corresponding conditions for the related conjecture by Richard Guy for complete graphs. These conditions are given in terms of the divisibility properties of crossing numbers and their expressibility as polynomials. Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/121112 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z