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<em>Il devotissimo viaggio di Gerusalemme </em>. Roma, 1587, pp. 184-185
Visit to Jerusalem (7). Pilgrims' prayers and songs at the stations of the church of the Holy Sepulchre

Visit to Jerusalem (7). Pilgrims' prayers and songs at the stations of the church of …

June 21, 2025
Door of the chapel of San Felipe and Santiago (museum of San Clemente). Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Foundation and devotional endowment of the chapel of San Felipe and Santiago in the Cathedral of Cordoba (1258)

Foundation and devotional endowment of the Chapel of San Felipe and Santiago in the Cathedral …

June 16, 2025
Cathedral of Valencia. Photo: Alfonso de Vicente
Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of Valencia (1598-1745)

The documents from the Cathedral of Valencia that provide the most information about Tomás Luis …

June 9, 2025
Library of the Hispanic Society of America (New York). Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Hispanic Society of America (New York)

Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Hispanic Society of America (New York).

June 2, 2025

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Moorish luthier in Granada (1563)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2018

The Archive of Archivos de Protocolos of Granada has provided us with the name of the only Moorish luthier documented in Granada to date, who was a resident of the …

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Theatrical performances and polyphony in the convent of La Encarnación in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
07-07-2018

An ecclesiastical visit to the convent of La Encarnación in Granada in the 17th century reveals the practice of polyphony and theatrical performances inside this Franciscan monastery.

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Festivities and salves on the altar of the Virgin of Good Success in Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
05-07-2018

In 1624, a group of neighbours of the Collegiate Church of El Salvador in Seville paid for the construction of a new outdoor chapel to house the image of the …

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Baptism of Salvador Pabón y Valdés in the church of San Justo y Pastor in Granada (1737)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
04-07-2018

On 11th August 1737, Salvador Pabón y Valdés was baptised in the church of San Justo y Pastor. He was the most prominent member of a dynasty of organ builders …

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Organs built in Seville by Enrique Franco for private individuals (1597)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
01-07-2018

In 1597, the Flemish organ builder Enrique Franco, a neighbour of the parish of Santa María, "in the studio of San Miguel", agreed with Luis García Bonilla to build an …

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Annual celebration in the church of Santiago in Granada on the feast of the patron saint.

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
27-06-2018

On 25 July, the church of Santiago in Granada celebrated the feast day of its patron saint. For its solemnisation, one of the city's music chapels was usually hired.

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Domestic music at the house of Cristóbal Mosquera de Figueroa in Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
25-06-2018

The portrait and biographical profile that the painter Francisco Pacheco makes of Cristóbal Mosquera de Figueroa allows us to get closer to the possible domestic musical environment of his residence …

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