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The space of the former chapel of the Espíritu Santo
Foundation and endowment of the Chapel of the Espíritu Santo in Cordoba Cathedral (1369)

On 17 June 1369, the dean and chapter of Cordoba Cathedral donated a chapel inside …

Feb. 27, 2025
<em>La devota peregrinación de la Tierra Sancta</em>. Miquel Matas (1604), fols. 111v-112r
Visit to Jerusalem (6). Pilgrims' prayers and songs at the stations of the journey to Bethleem

Visit to Jerusalem (6). Pilgrims' prayers and songs at the stations of the journey to …

Feb. 17, 2025
Cathedral of Calahorra. Photo: Alfonso de Vicente
Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of Calahorra (1587-1640)

Two chapter agreements and three accounting items report on the shipping, acquisition and binding of …

Feb. 17, 2025

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Street sale of guitars in Alicante (1796)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
27-09-2020

A document from the municipal archive of Alicante allows us to know the sale of guitars in la plaza de la Fruta at the end of the 18th century.

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Musical instruments of Matía de Guzmán, knight of Ávila (1569)

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado
24-09-2020

The civil and domestic musical life in Ávila during the 16th century is very little know. Hence the interest of this inventory from 1569, which includes wind, string and keyboard …

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Flutes and shawms for the Augustinian evangelization in New Spain (1551)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
18-09-2020

In 1553, the Augustinian friar Juan de San Román brought flutes and shawms to Mexico destined for one of the convents in the province of Santísimo Nombre de Jesús, whose …

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