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Church of Santa Cruz in Madrid
Hiring of a group of minstrels by the confraternity of the Holy Sacrament of the church of Santa Cruz in Madrid (1631)

On 10 October 1631, the confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament of the church of Santa …

May 26, 2024
Little cloister. Monastery of the Cartuja in Granada
Francisco Guerrero in the treatise Historia y origen de la música y canto llano by Juan Sánchez Vidal (1755)

In the middle of the 18th century, the figure of Francisco Guerrero was still highly …

May 24, 2024
Church of the Monastery of Descalzas Reales
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Descalzas Reales in Madrid (1708)

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Descalzas Reales in …

May 22, 2024
Signature of Diego López
Contracts of Diego Lopez and Enrique Franco for the tuning and maintenance of the organs in Seville Cathedral (1594)

On 3 September 1594, the organ builders Diego López and Enrique Franco signed the notarial …

May 19, 2024

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Mass in the place where the mortal remains of Francisco Javier had rested temporaly (1556)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
22-09-2019

La expedición de Melchor Núñez Barreto, provincial de los jesuitas en India, en su viaje con destino a la misión de Funai (actualmente Ōita, en Japón), llegó a la Isla …

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Reception of the body of Francisco Javier in Goa (1554)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
21-09-2019

On March 16, 1554, the mortal remains of Francisco Javier from Malacca (Malaysia) arrived in Goa (India). The Jesuit provincial of India, Manuel Núñez Barreto, went to pick them up …

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The meninos órphãos of Lisboa at the Jesuit College of Goa (1551)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
21-09-2019

On September 5, 1551, the expedition in which the provincial father of the Jesuits of India, Melchor Núñez Barreto, was traveling arrived in Goa. He was accompanied by ten orphans …

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Cantatas and certificates of nuns' profession at Ávila's Sainte Anne monastery

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado
12-09-2019

The ceremonies for taking the habit and for solemn or perpetual profession constituted the most important events in the life of a nun. Consequently, they were celebrated with the utmost …

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