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marqués de San Francisco Manuel Romero de Terreros
1880–1968
A meticulous guide to colonial Mexico, he turned family heritage, archival digging, and a collector’s eye into vivid books on art, society, and everyday life in New Spain. His writing helped preserve the texture of a world that might otherwise have faded into footnotes.
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La Puerta de Bronce y Otros Cuentos
by marqués de San Francisco Manuel Romero de Terreros
About the author
Born in Mexico City in 1880, Manuel Romero de Terreros y Vinent was a Mexican writer, historian, art critic, and academic. Several reliable biographical sources describe him as deeply engaged with the history and culture of colonial Mexico, and note that he sometimes signed his work with the inherited title Marqués de San Francisco.
His work focused especially on New Spain’s social life, art, and material culture. Sources from the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua and UNAM highlight books such as Ex Antiquis, Bocetos de la vida social de la Nueva España, Las artes industriales en la Nueva España, El pintor Alonso López de Herrera, and Cosas que fueron, showing the breadth of his interests across history, art, and literary culture.
He is also remembered for his role in Mexican learned institutions. Biographical accounts identify him as a member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, and reference his involvement in efforts connected with the Academia Mexicana de la Historia. He died in Mexico City in 1968, leaving behind a body of work still valued by readers interested in colonial Mexico.