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Plaza de la Villa y calle Mayor (detalle). Anónimo (between 1676 y 1700)
Procession of the reception of the Crusade Bull in Madrid

A document, published in 1610, allows us to know the details of the ceremony and …

Jan. 19, 2022
Remains of the fortress of Fremona (Adwa). Picture by Victor M. Fernández
Liturgical and musical activity at the Jesuit mission of Fremona in Ethiopia (1557-1640)

The Jesuit mission of Fremona was, in two distinct stages, the one that had the …

Jan. 17, 2022
Remains of the northern side of the fortified enclosure of the Gännätä Iyäsus church. Picture by Victor M. Fernández
Celebrations for the canonisation of Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier at the Ethiopian Jesuit residence of Gännätä Iyäsus (1624)

In 1624, at the Jesuit residence of Gännätä Iyäsus, whose church had been completed only …

Jan. 7, 2022
Spanish Portolano (second half of the 16th century).
Liturgical and musical activity at the Jesuit residences of Gorgora in Ethiopia (1607-1632)

The restoration of the Jesuit missions in Gorgora (Ethiopia) by the Spanish priest Pedro Páez …

Jan. 5, 2022

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Jesuit singers and black minstrels in the reductions and stays of the province of Paraguay (1628)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
09-04-2021

Some documents preserved in the Archivo General de Indias allows us to know the purchase of a group of eight black slaves, wind players, posted to the Jesuit reductions of …

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Jesuit singers and black wind players in the reductions at the Paraguay's Province (1628)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
08-04-2021

Some documents preserved in the Archivo General de Indias allows us to know the purchase of a group of eight black slaves, wind players, posted to the Jesuit reductions of …

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Jesuit singers and black wind players in the reductions at the Paraguay's Province (1628)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
08-04-2021

Some documents preserved in the Archivo General de Indias allows us to know the purchase of a group of eight black slaves, wind players, posted to the Jesuit reductions of …

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Manuela Escamilla's stay in Granada (1687)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
04-04-2021

Two notarial protocols document the presence of the company director Manuela Escamilla (Vázquez) in Granada between the end of January and the end of August 1687, probably to perform in …

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