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Vitigudino (Salamanca)
Folk dances in Vitigudino (1589)

In 1589, the young men of the town of Vitigudino (Salamanca) established a one-year contract …

Oct. 27, 2022
Cantus. <em>Magnificat beatissimae Deiparaeque Virginis Mariae canticum</em>. [B/I 15911]. Ratsschulbibliothek Zwickau, sig. Mus.55.2
Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Ratsschulbibliothek in Zwickau

Works by Francisco Guerrero at the&nbsp; Ratsschulbibliothek in Zwickau.

Oct. 14, 2022
Jesús Nazareno (=Jesus de Medinaceli)
Holy Week Processions in Madrid (1804-1816)

A series of documents from the Consejo section of the Archivo Histórico Nacional, corresponding to …

Oct. 11, 2022
Chapel of Our Lady of Mercy (currently)
Confraternities at the church of San Ildefonso in Granada

Confraternities at the church of San Ildefonso in Granada.

Oct. 8, 2022

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Japanese dance in celebration of the Feast of Corpus Christi (c. 1590)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
17-01-2021

After his arrival in Manila in 1590, the Jesuit Pedro Chirino witnesses a dance performed by a group of Japanese in the celebration of Corpus Christi in which they sang …

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Pious endowment of a mass at the altar of Saint Joseph (1771)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
10-01-2021

Fernando Antonio Carrillo y Acuña, canon of the Cathedral of Seville, instituted the pious endowment of an annual mass on the feast of Saint Joseph, which began to be officiated …

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The baptism of the princess of Bacan on the island of Ternate (1559)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
08-01-2021

In October 1557, the Jesuit Francisco Vieira arrived in Ternate, one of the Moluccas Islands. Two years later, he wrote a letter to his companions in Portugal in which he …

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Processions for the transfer of the seat of the Inquistion court between Triana and Sevilla

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
03-01-2021

The problems and deterioration caused by the floods of the Guadalquivir forced the court of the Inquisition, located in the castle of San Jorge, to move its headquarters on two …

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