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Choir lectern of the Seville cathedral (detail). Bartolomé Morel (1565)
The minstrels of Seville Cathedral play motets by Tomás Luis de Victoria (1587-1673)

Several documents link the shipment of a book of motets by Victoria with the group …

Dec. 12, 2025
Damascus. <em>Civitatis Orbis Terrarum<em/>. Georg Braun y Franz Hogenberg (1588)
From Bethsaida to Damascus. Twelfth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

In the last days of October 1588, the caravan in which Francisco Guerrero was travelling …

Dec. 8, 2025
Eruption of 1669. Giacinto Platania
Rogations processions in Catania during the eruption of 1669

Between March and July 1669, Mount Etna experienced its most destructive eruption in two thousand …

Dec. 1, 2025
Cathedral of Valladolid. Project of Juan de Herrera according Fernando Chueca Goitia.
Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of Valladolid (1581-1876)

The collegiate church of Santa María de Valladolid became a cathedral during Victoria's lifetime. The …

Nov. 28, 2025

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Inauguration of the academic activities in the Schools of la Purísima in Seville (1765)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
11-10-2018

On 6 May 1765, the inauguration of the Escuelas de la Purísima, next to the church of San Luis de los Franceses, took place, where a solemn mass was celebrated …

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Sale of vihuela strings in Granada (1542)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
07-10-2018

A notarial protocol from Granada shows that the guild of masters of vihuela string making exported part of its artisan production to other parts of the Crown of Castile in …

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Burial of Luis de Alcázar in Seville (1613)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
06-10-2018

Francisco Pacheco, painter and writer, includes the Jesuit theologian Luis de Alcázar in his Libro de descripción de verdaderos retratos de ilustres y memorables varones (Book of descriptions of true …

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The Comedy Inn in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
02-10-2018

On Carpintería Street, behind the Coliseum -opened in 1593- was the "mesón de Comedias", which housed the actors who performed in the aforementioned stage, both owned by the municipal council.

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First regulation of bell tolling in the cathedral of Seville (1373)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
30-09-2018

The earliest known arrangement of the ringing of the bells of Seville Cathedral dates from 1373. This record gives an account of the two bell towers that this institution had: …

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Religious profession of musician nuns at the convent of Santa Paula in Seville (1624)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
25-09-2018

&nbsp;In 1624, Manuel Sarmiento Mendoza, visitor of the women's convents in Seville, reported to the cathedral chapter that the convent of Santa Paula said that it was very short of …

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Religious profession of musician nuns at the convent of San Clemente in Seville (1624)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
23-09-2018

In 1624, Manuel Sarmiento Mendoza, visitor of the female convents of Seville, granted permission for the profession of two musicians nuns in the convent of San Clemente, one without a …

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