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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
convent of Santa Catalina, Santa Clara and Santa Isabel
Books and other liturgical objects in the convents of San Francisco and Santa Clara in Cordoba (1268)

After its foundation in 1265, Miguel Díaz de Sandoval, archdeacon of Córdoba, made a first …

March 28, 2025
Cathedral of Zaragoza. Photo by Sara Gimeno Laporta
Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of Zaragoza (1586-1608)

Two letters, two inventories, two chapter minutes, three accounting item, four receipts, a historical chronicle …

March 24, 2025

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New organ for the convent of San Agustín in Jaén (1610)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
30-07-2019

In 1610, Fray Matías de Herrera, prior of the convent of San Agustín and the members of his community contracted with the organ builder Martín Alonso de Aranda, a resident …

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Keyboard music at the convent of Santa Clara in Sevilla (1)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
27-07-2019

A keyboard manuscript from the archives of the convent of Santa Clara in Seville gives us an insight into the transfer of the secular repertoire from the domestic sphere to …

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Organs for the Franciscan convents of Guatemala (1598)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
25-07-2019

In 1598, Fray Antonio Tineo contracted the Flemish organ builder Enrique Franco in Seville to build three organs for the Franciscan province of the Santísimo Nombre de Jesús in Guatemala: …

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Prices of vihuela strings, various instruments and pyrotechnic material in Granada (1627)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
23-07-2019

The Tasas de mercaderías printed in Madrid and Granada, in accordance with the royal pragmatic published in Madrid on 13 September 1627, whose purpose was to try to curb speculation …

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Annual procession to the church of San Isidoro the second day of Rogations in Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
05-07-2019

The procession that Seville Cathedral organised on the second day of Rogations (Tuesday before Ascension Day) to the church of San Isidoro was one of the oldest in the annual …

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