The Age of Discovery

02/08/2024

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14/02/2024

THE PORTABLE ALTAR OF VASCO DA GAMA
MUSEUM DE MARINHA, BELEM, LISBON, PORTUGAL

Portable altar in red painted oak wood. The inside of the lid has a religious painting of Christ on the cross and three liturgical texts for the celebration of Mass services. According to tradition, this altar went with Vasco da Gama on board the ship San Gabriel on the maiden voyage to India in 1497. Although its wood dates from that period, there is no documentary evidence to support this. However it is very similar to the portable altars used in religious services onboard Portuguese Indiamen.

Donated by Captain Guilherme Alpoim Calvão.

According to tradition, this altar went with Vasco da Gama on board the ship San Gabriel on the maiden voyage to India in 1497. The inside of the lid has a religious painting of Christ on the cross and three liturgical texts for the celebration of Mass services.

08/10/2021

Saint Vincent of Saragossa (Sao Vicente de Fora) statue, the patron saint of Lisbon, Portugal. The statue located at the Alfama District of Lisbon, accompanied of the municipal sign with description. The statue made of marble is the work of famous Portuguese sculptor Raul Maria Xavier and of his son Luís Xavier, and was installed on the current place in 1970.

Article: https://www.ayurvedajournals.com/article/age-of-discoveries-lisbon-crows

28/09/2021

SOUNDCARDS FROM A CITY AT THE EDGE OF THE SEA by artists Vincent Chomaz and Edgar Kandratian, a soundmap of Kochi and it's backwaters. Kochi, 2020.

FORT COCHIN & LISBON'S CROWS: https://www.ayurvedajournals.com/article/age-of-discoveries-lisbon-crows

27/09/2021

"The loud craw of crows. It is a sound of Fort Cochin!"

It was a though of my friend, when we spoke about Fort Cochin, the place on Malabar coast in Kerala, as the first one in India granted to the Portuguese in 1500 by the Rajah of Kochi. He was right. There is much deeper connection between Fort Cochin and crows. These birds are the symbol of Lisbon. Hear their story...

The coat of arms of Lisbon commemorates the voyage of the relics of Saint Vincent of Saragossa, patron of Lisbon, to the city. According to legend, after he was martyred, ravens protected his graves and even accompanied him on his voyage. Their craws are heard in Fort Cochin.

22/09/2021

"I SAW THE KINGDOM TURN." Art from the time of King Manuel I. Five hundred years after his death - The four Evangelists: St.Matthew and St.John; St.Luke and St.Mark, Garcia Fernandes (c.1530)

Article: https://www.ayurvedajournals.com/article/mnna-exhibition-king-manuel

MUSEU NACIONAL DE ARTE ANTIGA (MNAA), LISBON, PORTUGAL: 25 June - 26 September 2021

17/09/2021

"I SAW THE KINGDOM TURN." Art from the time of King Manuel I. Five hundred years after his death - Manuel I. and Maria of Aragon (Reproduction, Nicolas Chantereine in 1517)

Article: https://www.ayurvedajournals.com/article/mnna-exhibition-king-manuel

MUSEU NACIONAL DE ARTE ANTIGA (MNAA), LISBON, PORTUGAL: 25 June - 26 September 2021

16/09/2021

The Prince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460), enlightened by the Holy Spirit, born and raised in divine mysteries, leads the generation of explorers into the "Age of Discovery"...

Article: https://www.ayurvedajournals.com/article/age-of-discoveries-in-lisbon-belem

Photo: Zuzana Zwiebel

16/09/2021

The Prince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460), enlightened by the Holy Spirit, born and raised in divine mysteries, leads the generation of explorers into the "Age of Discovery"...

Article: https://www.ayurvedajournals.com/article/age-of-discoveries-in-lisbon-belem

15/09/2021

On 8 July 1497 Vasco da Gama led a fleet of four ships with a crew of 170 men from Restelo in Lisbon, most likely from a location near to where the Monument of Discoveries and Tower of Belem is today. It took them almost one year to get to India. Let's trace their journey in Belem!

On 8 July 1497 Vasco da Gama led a fleet of four ships with a crew of 170 men from Restelo in Lisbon, most likely from a location near to where the Monument of Discoveries and Tower of Belem is today. Let's trace their journey in Belem!

12/09/2021

10/09/2021

"I SAW THE KINGDOM TURN." Art from the time of King Manuel I. Five hundred years after his death -
In the context of King Manuel’s administrative reforms, it is worth highlighting the reform of the charters and the reorganisation of the royal archive. Known as the Leitura Nova (New Reading).

55: Peace Charter and Treaty between Afonso de Albuquerque and the King of Calicut, Parchment codex (26 February 1515)

Article: https://www.ayurvedajournals.com/article/mnna-exhibition-king-manuel

MUSEU NACIONAL DE ARTE ANTIGA (MNAA), LISBON, PORTUGAL: 25 June - 26 September 2021