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Cathedral of Cordova. Bell tower
The ringing of “la cepa” with the bells of the cathedral of Cordoba (1368)

In 1368, under the bishopric of Andrés Pérez Navarro, the dean and chapter of the …

May 29, 2025
Church of San Marcelo
Ceremony of the singing maidens in León (1595)

In this article we analyse the sensory elements of an important ritual that was celebrated …

May 17, 2025
Front of the convent of Nuestra Señora de Alguaire, currently in the chuch of Santa Madrona
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Nuestra Señora de Alguaire in Barcelona (1740)

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Nuestra Señora de …

May 13, 2025
Gothic cathedral of Córdoba. Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
A small organ for the cathedral of Córdoba (1581)

In 1581, the organ builder Diego Liger de Sanforte travelled from Granada to Córdoba to …

May 9, 2025

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Japanese dance in celebration of the Feast of Corpus Christi (c. 1590)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
17-01-2021

After his arrival in Manila in 1590, the Jesuit Pedro Chirino witnesses a dance performed by a group of Japanese in the celebration of Corpus Christi in which they sang …

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Pious endowment of a mass at the altar of Saint Joseph (1771)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
10-01-2021

Fernando Antonio Carrillo y Acuña, canon of the Cathedral of Seville, instituted the pious endowment of an annual mass on the feast of Saint Joseph, which began to be officiated …

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The baptism of the princess of Bacan on the island of Ternate (1559)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
08-01-2021

In October 1557, the Jesuit Francisco Vieira arrived in Ternate, one of the Moluccas Islands. Two years later, he wrote a letter to his companions in Portugal in which he …

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Processions for the transfer of the seat of the Inquistion court between Triana and Sevilla

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
03-01-2021

The problems and deterioration caused by the floods of the Guadalquivir forced the court of the Inquisition, located in the castle of San Jorge, to move its headquarters on two …

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