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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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Organs at the Alcázar in Madrid (1501)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
11-12-2020

On March 18, 1501, with the court residing in the Alhambra in Granada, Queen Isabel ordered that three organs that were in the Alcázar of Madrid be brought to the …

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An organ for Luis de la Cerda y de la Vega, I duque de Medinaceli (1502)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
30-11-2020

Luis de la Cerda, I Duke of Medinaceli, died in Écija (Seville) on November 25, 1501. On October 8, 1502, his testamentaries delivered 11,000 maravedís to Alonso de Castilla in payment for …

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