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The  Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Leonardo Torriani (1588)
Soundscape on a galleon bound for the Indies (1573)

Eugenio Salazar de Alarcón, governor of the islands of Tenerife and La Palma, in a …

Feb. 23, 2026
Portolan Chart of the Mediterranean. Mateo Prunes (1563)
From Tripoli to Venice, fourteenth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588–1589)

On 14 November 1588, Francisco Guerrero, accompanied by his pupil Francisco Sánchez, five pilgrims and …

Feb. 19, 2026
Altar of San Juan Bautista. Anonymous (c. 1390)
Foundations and endowments of the altar of San Juan Bautista (c. 1390) and La Anunciación (c. 1463) in Córdoba Cathedral

The devotional, liturgical and funerary space of the old altar of Saint John the Baptist …

Feb. 16, 2026
Cathedral of Tarazona. Photo: Alfonso de Vicente.
Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of Tarazona (1591-1601)

An inventory from 1591 lists four printed books by Victoria, in addition to a handwritten …

Feb. 12, 2026

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Reception of the relics of Saint Torcuato in Guadix (1593)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Nov. 10, 2020

The relics of San Torcuato, coming from the monastery of San Salvador de Celanova (Orense), arrived at the church of San Lázaro in Guadix (Granada) on February 27, 1593. The …

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Rehearsal of the minstrel and mystical rapture in San José in Ávila

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado
Nov. 2, 2020

In the writings and in the biographies of many mystics, phenomena of religious ecstasy caused by the hearing of a song are narrated. These eventes occurred frequently among the Discalced …

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Confraternities at the convent of San Francisco Casa Grande in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Nov. 1, 2020

From the founding of the convent of San Francisco Casa Grande, in 1507, until its confiscation in the 19th century, eighteen confraternities had their headquarters in this Franciscan monastery in …

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