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Psaltery. Salvador Bofill (1760)
Musical instruments and sheet music sold in Madrid (1790–1800)

In this article, we georeference a number of news items concerning the buying and selling …

Sept. 14, 2026
Cathedral of Córdoba. Chapel of El Corpus Christi or Santa María
Foundation and pious endowments in the Chapel of the Corpus Christi or the Santa María in Córdoba Cathedral

The Corpus Christi Chapel, or Chapel of Santa María, in Córdoba Cathedral was founded by …

Sept. 7, 2026
Lectern for the singers in the choir of Toledo Cathedral (Nicolás de Vergara, 1572)
Copy of a mass by Philippe Rogier for the music chapel of Toledo Cathedral (1656)

A receipt from 1656, signed by Tomás Micieces—choirmaster of Toledo Cathedral—records the existence of a …

Sept. 2, 2026

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A New Organ for the Italian Hospital in Madrid: The Contract of Domingo Mendoza (1691)

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado, Roberto Quirós Rosado
Aug. 22, 2026

In 1691, the organ builder Domingo Mendoza was contracted to build a new organ for the Church of San Pedro y San Pablo, attached to the Hospital de los Italianos …

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Sensory, liturgical and musical aspects of the journey of the Hieronymite monk Fray Diego de Ocaña to the Indies (1599–1608): Lima (II)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Aug. 3, 2026

In this article of the itinerary dedicated to the sensory, liturgical and musical aspects of the journey undertaken by the Hieronymite monk Fray Diego de Ocaña to the Indies (1599–1605), …

salve transfer of a devotional image sermon AAT vespers mass AAT animal sounds transfer of a devotional image illuminations AAT pyrotechnic devices AAT mapping fray Diego de Ocaña confraternities project Luis de Velasco y Castilla (Viceroy of Peru, 1st Marquis of Salinas del Río Pisuerga) Toribio Alfonso Mogrovejo (archbishop) ULAN Blasco Fernández de Toro (nobleman) Alonso Ramos Cervantes (Secretary of the Holy Crusade) Elvira de la Serna Jerónima de Orozco music chapel Diego de Ocaña (Hieronymite) brothers confraternity of Our Lady of Guadalupe Convent of Santo Domingo (Dominicans) Church of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe and college of San Buenaventura palacio del virrey cathedral of San Juan Evangelista Archbishop palace Tribunal del Santo Oficio de la Inquisición in Lima Univesity of San Marcos ULAN convent of San Francisco (Franciscans) Convent of San Agustín (Augustinians) Convent of la Merced (Mercedarians) Colegio Máximo de San Pablo (Jesuits) convent of La Encarnación (Augustinian nuns) Convent of La Cocepción (Conceptionist nuns) convento of Santa Clara (Franciscans nuns) Convent of Las Descalzas de San José (Conceptionist nuns) convent of the la Santísima Trinidad (Cistercians nuns) church of Nuestra Señor de Copacabana convent of Los Descalzos (Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles, Franciscans) convent of Nuestra Señora del Prado (Recoletas Augustinian nuns) chuch of Montserrat Royal College of San Felipe College of San Martín (jesuitas) College of El Arzobispo (= of Santo Toribio) Hospital of Santa María de la Caridad Hospital of San Diego (San Juan de Dios) Seminary of San Antonio Abad (Jesuits) Hospice of Nuestra Señora de Atocha (= Los Huérfanos) Royal Hospital of San Andrés Hospital of Santa Ana Hospital of San Pedro Hospital of San Lázaro
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