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Cathedral of Jaen.
Documents concerning books by Tomás Luis de Victoria in Jaén Cathedral (1583–1760)

The Jaén Cathedral archive preserves three letters from Victoria that accompanied the shipment of his …

Oct. 30, 2026
Location of the old chaple of La Asunción or the La Coronación Nuestra Señora. Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Foundations and burials at the altar of La Asunción or the La Coronación de Nuestra Señora of the Cathedral of Córdoba

This Altar of the Assumption was also known as the ‘Per Infante’ Altar, named after …

Oct. 26, 2026
Church of San Matías de Jalatlaco (Oaxaca de Juárez)
Inventory of books and instruments belonging to the parish of San Matías, in Jalatlaco, in the Oaxaca Valley (1629)

An inventory of books and instruments belonging to the parish of San Matías, in Jalatlaco, …

Oct. 14, 2026
Church of San Miguel. Guadix
A split-manual organ built by Diego Liger de Sanforte and Juan Pérez de Sanforte for the churches of Guadix (1575–1576)

In 1575, the Flemish organ builder Diego Liger de Sanforte received a commission in Guadix …

Oct. 9, 2026

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Organs for the Dominican convents of Chile built in Guadalajara by Claudio Girón (1590)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Feb. 7, 2022

In 1590, Fray Cristóbal Núñez commissioned the organ builder Claudio Girón to build six small organs (realejos), which must have been destined for the Dominican convents founded in the province …

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Cathedral minstrels in the neighbourhood of San Lorenzo (1578)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Feb. 1, 2022

A document in the Archivo General de Indias indirectly provides us with information on two of the minstrels of the cathedral who lived in the neighbourhood of San Lorenzo, Juan …

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Processions at Holy Week in Granada (1631)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Jan. 30, 2022

In 1631, Juan Palacios, provost of the Diocese, reduced the number of brotherhoods that could make their penitential procession in Granada during Holy Week that year from nine to three.

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