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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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Traditional music of the black ethnic community from Lima (1563)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
04-02-2020

In 1563, due to the complaints of the residents of Lima, the city council decided that black people could not do their dances with drums anywhere in the city, limiting …

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Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of Capuchinas in Zaragoza (1698)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
25-01-2020

This event is devoted to the extant printed texts that were written for villancicos (sacred songs) composed for the ceremony of profession nuns in the convent of Capuchinas in Zaragoza …

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Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of Santa Inés in Zaragoza (1698-1718)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
20-01-2020

This event is devoted to the extant printed texts that were written for villancicos (sacred songs) composed for the ceremony of profession of Dominicans nuns in the convent of Santa …

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Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of Jerusalén in Zaragoza (1683-1714)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
18-01-2020

This event is devoted to the extant printed texts that were written for villancicos (sacred songs) composed for the profession of Franciscans nuns in the convent of Jerusalén in Zaragoza …

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