His contemporaries knew him as El Lunarejo. Juan de Espinosa Medrano (1630? - 1688) was probably born at the town of Calcauso, part of the Doctrine of the Bishopry of Cuzco that today belongs to the Department of Apurimac. We ignore information about his parents’ biography and formative years. Nevertheless...
The Memorias de Trévoux is a particularly curious work: it is an encyclopedic dictionary written collectively by the Jesuits, throughout most of the eighteenth century, in the city of Trévoux, where one of the most important Jesuits colleges was located. As an encyclopedia, it has a secular style different from...
Feijoo is one of the most important Spanish Enlightenment authors of the eighteenth century. His work will have a deep impact in the Spanish society because it is a pioneer effort in Spain to make an encyclopedia that collects extensive information. This effort that was born in France some decades...
Louis Moreri was a French scholar of the seventeenth century, author of the historical Dictionary by which he became well known during the seventeenth and the eighteenth. His work was a forerunner of the encyclopedists, because it corresponded with the beginning of the Enlightenment. Like many authors before L'Encyclopédie, Moreri’s...
Juan Bautista Juanini wrote this volume, much more extensive with the format of a scientific treatise. Here he describes the physical understanding of different natural, earth and meteorological phenomena. This document is much more large and formal: it is a more complete reference to draw a deep understanding of the...
This treaty of Martinez constitutes a valuable source of information of the philosophical debate of the eighteenth century in Spain. The author elaborates this dissertation in a dialogue style, also used by Cardenas (maybe this was an inspiring source for Cárdenas). Nevertheless in the case of Martinez, there are four...
Antonio de Fuentelapeña was a Capuchin friar of the seventeenth century, author of three particular writings in which he emphasizes the treatise on the existence of fantastic creatures, El ente dilucidado (The entity elucidated). This peculiar book deals with the existence of goblins and gnomes, among other imaginary creatures, discussing...
Juan de Zabaleta was a Spanish chronicler and writer of the seventeenth century, who belonged to the court of King Felipe IV and wrote, among many other works, a treatise of customs where he described the vices and frequent characters in Madrid life and in the royal court. In this...
Princeton University has a large digital library made of excellent collections. Among these are the miscellany of Mesoamerican manuscripts coming from other collections: Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts Collection (C0744), Garrett Collection of Mesoamerican Manuscripts (C0744), and Princeton Collection of Mesoamerican Manuscripts (C0940). Among the manuscripts in custody are: el Chilam Balam de...
The book written by Juan de Horozco and Covarrubias, Emblemas morales, (Moral emblem) is the first emblematic book printed in Spain. Horozco belongs to a distinguished family of humanists and clerics who held important positions of power in the Spanish main courts. After the editio princeps, his book of emblems...
Art and vocabulary of the general language of Peru, called Quechua, and the Spanish language. The most copious and elegant, which has now been printed, was published in Lima, Peru, in 1614. The book provides a detailed description of Quechua, the predominant language of the Inca people. His introduction covers...
Grammatica and art nveva dela general lengva of all Peru, called Qquichua language, or language of the Inca was published in Lima, Peru, in 1607. This volume is one of the first records of a language that did not have a system written before the Spanish conquest. It is a...