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Lyrics for singing in the monastery of San Cristóbal.
Devotional songs and ludic theatrical performances in female convents in Valencia (18th century)

Devotional songs and ludic theatrical performances in female convents in Valencia (18th century).

April 21, 2025
Former location of Santa María Magdalena Chapel
Foundation of the chapel of Santa María Magdalena in the cathedral of Cordoba (1262)

On 28 April 1262, Gonzalo Yáñez de Palma made a donation to the Dean and …

April 12, 2025
Signature of Marcos Fernández (luthier). A.H.P.J., leg. 17, fol. 46r
Luthiers in Jaén during the first quarter of the 16th century

A visit to the Archivo Provincial de Jaén has allowed me to document the presence …

April 7, 2025
Meknes (c. 1725)
Celebration for the proclamation of Felipe V as King of Spain in Meknes (1701)

When the news of the proclamation of King Philip V in the territories of the …

April 1, 2025

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Music education and domestic music (c. 1620)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
15-11-2017

The biographical profile of Adriana del Espíritu Santo offers us an interesting example of the musical education of the young women of the Granada oligarchy and of the parties that …

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Burying a Muslim in the cemetery (maqbara) of Bāb Ilbīra (1494)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
05-11-2017

The German traveller Hieronymus Münzer, in his Journey through Spain and Portugal (1494-95), gives us an account of the burial ceremony he witnessed on his visit to the Muslim cemetery …

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Public concerts in the bullring of Sevilla

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
23-10-2017

In the second half of the 18th century, the Real Maestranza of Seville organized a series of public concerts in the bullring that seem to fade away with the first …

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