The architectural history of Malta has yet to be written. The thought is a depressing one at a moment when the work of centuries is being blasted to fragments, but it may serve as an excuse for publishing a few illustrations of medieval architecture in the island. At best they will furnish a reminder of the work that remains to be done; at worst they will serve as a record of what has gone. My own photographs and notes are in Valetta, and I owe the illustrations to the courtesy of the Colonial Office and of H.M. Government of Malta. I have also to thank Mr. G. L. M. Clauson, who in 1938 showed some of these pictures before a meeting of the Society, and Lt.-Col. A. V. Agius, Trade Commissioner for Malta; also my many friends in Malta and, in particular, Chev. H. P. Scicluna, librarian of the Royal Library, Valetta, and Mr. J. Galea, who gave me every possible help and assistance. I would like to make it clear from the start that this is in no sense a finished study of the medieval remains in Malta, but rather the desultory jottings of one who had hoped one day to make such a study.