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<em>Procession of flagellants</em>. Gerard ter Borch (c.1638)
The process of reduction of penitential confraternities in Granada (1597)

A finales del siglo XVI, el elevado número de cofradías penitenciales existentes en Granada generó …

March 27, 2022
Choir stalls of the convent of Santo André de Rendufe
Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Ms. 40 at the Biblioteca Pública Municipal de Oporto

Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Ms. 40 at the Biblioteca Pública Municipal de Oporto.

March 24, 2022
Convent of  São Bento da Santo Tirso
Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Ms. 40 at the Biblioteca Pública Municipal de Oporto

Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Ms. 40 at the Biblioteca Pública Municipal de Oporto.

March 24, 2022
Biblioteca Pública Municipal in Oporto. Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Ms. 40 at the Biblioteca Pública Municipal de Oporto

Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Ms. 40 at the Biblioteca Pública Municipal in Oporto.

March 24, 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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