Specula is a journal edited by the Catholic University of Valencia San Vicente Martyr. It is directed and coordinated by the Institut Isabel de Villena d'Estudis Mediaevals i Renaixentistes (IVEMIR).

It publishes original works in the thematic field of the Humanities and Spirituality studies, from various approaches, following the mediaeval "specular" tradition: theology, philosophy, history, culture, literature, text editing, art history, popular devotion, innovative projects in digital humanities of mediaeval spiritual texts, comparative literature, always with the ultimate purpose of studying the Humanities-Spirituality binomial. The periods covered by the journal's scope of study will be from the 13th to 17th centuries, in all the Romance languages.