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Cathedral of Cordova. Bell tower
The ringing of “la cepa” with the bells of the cathedral of Cordoba (1368)

In 1368, under the bishopric of Andrés Pérez Navarro, the dean and chapter of the …

May 29, 2025
Church of San Marcelo
Ceremony of the singing maidens in León (1595)

In this article we analyse the sensory elements of an important ritual that was celebrated …

May 17, 2025
Front of the convent of Nuestra Señora de Alguaire, currently in the chuch of Santa Madrona
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Nuestra Señora de Alguaire in Barcelona (1740)

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Nuestra Señora de …

May 13, 2025
Gothic cathedral of Córdoba. Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
A small organ for the cathedral of Córdoba (1581)

In 1581, the organ builder Diego Liger de Sanforte travelled from Granada to Córdoba to …

May 9, 2025

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Prohibition of playing vihuelas to asylees in sacred precincts at the archbishopric of Granada (1572)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
30-04-2019

The Constituciones Sinodales del Arzobispado de Granada, celebrated by Archbishop Pedro Guerrero on 14 October 1572 and printed by Hugo de Mena in 1573, forbade the asylum seekers in sacred …

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Votive endowment of an annual Salve to Our Lady of the Patronage at Granada cathedral (1699)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
27-04-2019

In 1699, Juan Antonio Rico, prebendary organist of the cathedral of Granada, endowed the singing of the antiphon Salve regina after Vespers of the Feast of the Patronage of Our …

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Recreation of the soundscape of a palace in Sevilla

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
24-04-2019

Recreation of the soundscape of a palace in Seville using the Reaper programme, in which holophonic sounds have been used. This recreation was based on recordings of ambient sounds made …

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Votive masses sung with organ in the convent of San Antón in Granada (1747)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
20-04-2019

In the convent of San Antón in Granada, four hundred and twenty-one sung masses were celebrated annually with deacons, acolytes and organ, nine of them with sermons, which earned the …

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