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3D model of the tomb of the Téllez de Meneses family (ca. 1300)
Regulation of weddings and burials in medieval Cordoba (1286)

The regulation of weddings and burials carried out by the Council of Cordoba is part …

Nov. 25, 2025
Relief of the Mass of Saint Gregory and tombstone of Alvar Alonso de Astorga
Endowments by Canon Alvar Alfonso de Astorga (II) in Córdoba Cathedral (1481)

The extensive endowment charter of Alvar Alonso de Astorga (II), canon of Córdoba Cathedral, in …

Nov. 24, 2025
Former convent of Nuestra Señora de la Concepción (currently the Nariño Government building)
An Inca nun musician at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Concepción in San Juan de Pasto (Colombia)

On 14 February 1668, Juana Melchora, descendant of the Inca Huayna Capac, entered as a …

Nov. 19, 2025
Chapel of Saint Peter (former Tabernacle)
Foundation and endowments in the chapel of San Pedro (1368)

On 27 November 1368 (era 1406), the chapter and dean of Cordoba Cathedral formalised the …

Nov. 15, 2025

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New harp for Granada Cathedral (1654)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
07-04-2019

On 6 November 1653, the Chapter of Granada Cathedral agreed with Clemente Jiménez, a guitar maker from Granada, to build a harp for 350 reales (11,900 maravedís). The instrument was …

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Two Conducts on the Spanish Frontier of Christendom (c. 1270)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
24-03-2019

The location in the Seville Cathedral archive, in July 2005, of a polyphony fragment from the second half of the 13th century, in which two conductus were copied, allows us …

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New bells for the collegiate church of El Salvador in Granada (1763)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
18-03-2019

As a result of the earthquake of 1755, the building of the collegiate church of El Salvador was badly damaged. In 1762, the chapter commissioned José Corona, a master bell …

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