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Concert between trumpets resident in Valladolid to serve in the events organised by the University (1593)

On 5 October 1593, a two-year concert was established between Pedro de Santiago, as representative …

Aug. 14, 2022
Capilla de la Presentación Catedral de Tarragona
The Confraternity of the Candle of Tarragona.

The Municipal Historical Archive of Tarragona partially preserves the proceedings of the Tarragona Candlemas Confraternity; …

Aug. 13, 2022
<em>No me podré quejar de amor</em>. [Francisco Guerrero], [NL-Uu 3.L.16], fol. 126v
Works by Francisco Guerrero en la Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht

Works by Francisco Guerrero en la Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht.

Aug. 9, 2022
Christ of the Expiration. Attributed to Diego de Aranda (16th century). Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Confraternities at the church of San Gil in Granada

Confraternities at the church of San Gil in Granada

Aug. 3, 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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