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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
House of Sebastián Tomás in Valladolid
Robbery at the home of Sebastián Tomás, chapel master of Valladolid Cathedral (1764)

The investigations carried out to find out who was responsible for the robbery at the …

Oct. 17, 2025
Cathedral of Tudela
Books by Tomás Luis de Victoria and other polyphonists in the Tudela cathedral (1549-1640)

A 1609 inventory lists two editions by Victoria. They likely correspond to the two mass …

Oct. 12, 2025

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Black slave wind players for the cathedral of Panamá (1677)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
15-05-2016

En 1677, poco después del traslado de la ciudad de Panamá a su nuevo enclave, se envían desde Sevilla cinco esclavos ministriles negros, entre dieciséis y veintidós años, para que …

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Procession of Corpus Christi in the Magdalena’s neighborhood (1595)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
05-05-2016

The confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament of the Magdalena church in Seville annually organized the Corpus Christi procession on the octave of this feast, touring the streets of its parish. …

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