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General plan of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas (Burgos) (Corpus de Arquitectura Monástica Medieval UAM, 1998). Topographical key: 1. Claustrillas; 2. Claustro de san Fernando; 3. Capilla de la Asunción; 4. Capilla de Santiago; 5. Locutorio; 6. Paso a la carrera de Santiago; 7. Carrera de Santiago
Epigraphic traces of the processional liturgy at the Abbey of Las Huelgas in Burgos

A collection of inscriptions located in the two passageways connecting the cloister of San Fernando …

Nov. 3, 2025
Chapel of San Lorenzo. Cathedral of Cordoba
Foundation and endowment of the Chapel of San Lorenzo in the Cathedral of Cordoba (1282)

The altar/chapel of San Lorenzo was founded in 1282 by Don Sebastián, archdeacon of Castro. …

Oct. 30, 2025
From Samaria to Bethsaida. <em>Descriptio et situs Terrae Sanctae alio nomine Palestina multis preclaris historys et miraculis utriusque testamenti a Christo Salvatore nobilitata</em> (1593)
From Samaria to Bethsaida. Eleventh stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

The eleventh stage took Francisco Guerrero and Francisco Sánchez from Samaria to Bethsaida, on the …

Oct. 25, 2025
Cantino planisphere –detail– (1502)
Bells for the first churches and monastic foundations in the Indies shipped from Seville (1494-1520)

Bells were one of the first objects that, along with liturgical vestments, gold and silverware, …

Oct. 18, 2025

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Misereres sung before the Christ tied to the Column in the convent of Santa Teresa in Ávila

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado
26-02-2020

Apart from its liturgical function, Psalm 51 (50) Miserere mei Deus was sung in other devotional contexts in many churches and chapels, in Lent and Holy Week. This resulted in …

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Renovation of the organ in the collegiate church of Santa Fe (1736)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
18-02-2020

In 1732, the chapter of the collegiate church of Santa Fe (Granada) agreed with the organ builder Fray Francisco Alejo Muñoz the renovation of the organ of his church, which …

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The Song of the Sibyl in the Tarragona Cathedral

Sergi González González
18-02-2020

Since 2014, the Song of the Sibyl is represented again in the cathedral of Tarragona. Eritrea, a sibyl daughter of a nymph, answers St. Augustine's questions about the redeemer's second …

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