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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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An unknown edition of the Arte de canto llano by Juan Martínez (1565)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
March 10, 2023

Among the books donated by Plácido Arango in 2019 to the Library of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando is an unknown edition of the Arte de …

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A post-incunabulum processional for the convent of La Madre de Dios in Baena

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
March 5, 2023

Donated by Plácido Arango, the Library of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando holds a copy of Incipit liber processionum secundum ordinem fratrum predicatorum (Seville: Jacobo Cromberger, …

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An unknown printed edition with four masses by Morales (Venice: Girolamo Scotto, 1558)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Feb. 28, 2023

The discovery of a booklet of polyphonic music with four masses by Cristóbal de Morales confirms that Girolamo Scotto printed his Missarum cum quatuor vocibus liber primus for the first …

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