This discussion just suggested something to me I
was wondering if people might know. I just read The
Maltese Falcon, in which the title object was made by the
Hospitallers. Benet's, though, said it was made by the
Templars. I'd originally passed that off as just one of
those mistakes to which reference works are prone, but
is it possible the movie changed it from the
Hospitallers to the better-known Templars? (Which would be
kind of stupid, since the Templars were never on
Malta, and basically bit the dust following the
persecution under Philip the Fair.)
brian