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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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Confraternities at the convent of Santa Cruz la Real in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
01-04-2022

Confraternities at the convent of Santa Cruz la Real in Granada.

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The process of reduction of penitential confraternities in Granada (1597)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
27-03-2022

A finales del siglo XVI, el elevado número de cofradías penitenciales existentes en Granada generó una serie de conflictos con la autoridad eclesiástica que, en una drástica actuación, decidió su …

Holy Week procession penitential confraternities confraternities project Juan Méndez de Salvatierra (archbishop) Pedro de Castro Cabeza de Vaca y Quiñones (archbishop) Pedro González de Mendoza (archbishop) confraternities cathedral chapter Royal Chancery citizens disciplinants confraternity of the Humility of Jesus of the convent of la Victoria confraternity of the Prayer in the Garden confraternity of the True Cross confraternity of the Anguish and Transfixion of Our Lady and of Saints Ursula and Susana confraternity of the Blood of Christ in the convent of La Merced confraternity of Jesus Nazarene and Saint Helena confraternity of the Sacred Passion of Jesus Christ confraternity of Our Lady of the Head and of the Solitude confraternity of Holy Inspiration of Christ and Nicholas of Tolentino Pedro Guerrero (archbishop) Confraternity of the Holy Cross of the Blood and the Souls of Purgatory convent of Nuestra Señora de la Victoria (Minims Franciscans) convent of San Antonio Abad (San Antón) (Regular Third Order) convent of San Francisco Casa Grande (Observant Franciscans) church of Nuestra Señora de las Angustias convent of Nuestra Señora de la Merced (Calced Mercedarians) convent of los Santos Mártires San Cosme y San Damián (Discalced Carmelites) convent of la Santísima Trinidad (Calced Trinitarians) convent of Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza, third location (Discalced Carmelites) convent of San Agustín (Calced Augustinians) convent of Santa Cruz la Real (Dominicans) cathedral
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Organ of the church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in Cúllar Vega (c. 1751)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
13-03-2022

The organ of the church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in Cúllar Vega (Granada) was built c. 1751, thanks to the financial contributions of the local parishioners, which also …

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