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Main square of Écija
Trumpets and drummers from the city of Écija (1563-1576)

On 2/07/1563 the aldermen of Écija agreed with the trumpeters Luis de Vargas and Juan …

Feb. 1, 2023
Binding.  <em>Canticum Beatae Mariae </em>. Francisco Guerrero. [D-AN VI g 19]
Works by Francisco Guerrero in Ansbach (1564)

Works by Francisco Guerrero in Ansbach (1564).

Feb. 1, 2023
<em>Villancicos que se han de cantar en el nuevo ... Convento de la Compañia de Maria... el dia 8 de Septiembre de 1745</em>
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of several nuns in the convent of la Enseñanza in Zaragoza (1745)

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of several nuns in the convent of la Enseñanza …

Jan. 29, 2023
Guitarra (1). Agustín Caro (1824). Private collection of Aarón García Ruiz. Picture by Aarón García Ruiz
Guild of luthiers or guitar makers in Granada (1815)

A document recording the contribution made to the state for the maintenance of the armies …

Jan. 27, 2023

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Mass in the place where the mortal remains of Francisco Javier had rested temporaly (1556)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
22-09-2019

La expedición de Melchor Núñez Barreto, provincial de los jesuitas en India, en su viaje con destino a la misión de Funai (actualmente Ōita, en Japón), llegó a la Isla …

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Reception of the body of Francisco Javier in Goa (1554)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
21-09-2019

On March 16, 1554, the mortal remains of Francisco Javier from Malacca (Malaysia) arrived in Goa (India). The Jesuit provincial of India, Manuel Núñez Barreto, went to pick them up …

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The meninos órphãos of Lisboa at the Jesuit College of Goa (1551)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
21-09-2019

On September 5, 1551, the expedition in which the provincial father of the Jesuits of India, Melchor Núñez Barreto, was traveling arrived in Goa. He was accompanied by ten orphans …

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Cantatas and certificates of nuns' profession at Ávila's Sainte Anne monastery

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado
12-09-2019

The ceremonies for taking the habit and for solemn or perpetual profession constituted the most important events in the life of a nun. Consequently, they were celebrated with the utmost …

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