Book of liturgical chants. . Physical condition of originals: 3 ff +523 pp; 272 x 355 mm Paper, tinted/dotted red; black & red ink. Decorated initials. Cover: wooden board covered with brown leather, metal furnishings: corners, clasp. Condition: very good.
A parchment folio which were used as cover of a book . Physical condition of originals: 1 f; 230 x 170 mm Cover of a book made of a piece of parchement originating from a Latin manuscript.
The Espiritu Santo Church in the oldest standing Catholic Church in Cuba. It dates to 1638 and was originally a hermitage dedicated to free people of African descent. It is located within the old city walls, in the area of Havana known as "Old Havana." Sacramental books are divided by race be...
Libros de Bautismos de Pardos y Morenos (Baptismal Books for Brown and Black People)
Scope & Content:
Baptismal Registers for Brown and Black People were created by priests or scribes in order to record the event of baptism from free and enslaved people of African, Asian, or Indigenous descent. They are primarily written in Castillian Spanish with occasional insertions of Latin phrases or words....
Libro 7 Bautismos de Pardos y Morenos (Book 7 Baptisms of Brown and Black People)
Scope & Content:
This bound volume contains information on baptisms of Pardos y Morenos (blacks and brown people) who attended the Church of Espiritu Santo during the years 1737-1747. Each entry is standardized and contains the names of the parents, when available, the person being baptised, godparents, the pri...
Libro 10 Bautismos de Pardos y Morenos (Book 10 Baptisms of Brown and Black People)
Scope & Content:
This volume contains baptism records for an unkown number of individuals. It was deemed to deteriorated to digitize by the archivist, Felix Knights. The book covers these baptisms in the years 1759-1768. This information is key for historians because these were the years of the British invasi...
Libro 12 Bautismos de Pardos y Morenos (Book 12 Baptisms of Brown and Black People)
Scope & Content:
This volume contains baptism records for 1,754 individuals of color between the years March 1773 and July 1777. These individuals are identified by race (black, brown, mixed race, African) and often by African ethnic origin (congo, carabali, mandinga, mina, etc.). They are also listed as legit...
Libro 16 Bautismos de Pardos, Indios, y Morenos (Book 16 Baptisms of Brown and Black People)
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the baptismal records for 1,497 individuals who were baptised in the Espiritu Santo Church in Havana between the years 1786 and 1789. These individuals are identified by race (black, brown, mixed race, African) and often by African ethnic origin (congo, carabali, mandinga, ...
Libro 22 Bautismos de Pardos y Morenos (Book 22 Baptisms of Brown and Black People)
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the baptismal records for 447 individuals who were baptised in the Espiritu Santo Church in Havana between the years 1799-1800. These individuals are identified by race (black, brown, mixed race, African) and often by African ethnic origin (congo, carabali, mandinga, mina, ...