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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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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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