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Oviedo cathedral
Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of Oviedo (1582-1591)

Transcription of three council agreements and an accounting item related to the acquisition of books …

Sept. 28, 2024
<em>Viage de Hierusalen</em>. Francisco Guerrero (Alcalá de Henares: Juan Gracián, 1605)
Sending copies of Francisco Guerrero's Viaje de Hierusalem to Lima (1605 /1618)

In 1605 and 1618, several copies of different editions of Francisco Guerrero's Journey to Jerusalem …

Sept. 22, 2024
Isabel de Borbón. Anonymous (c. 1620)
Bernarda, an Afro-Portugues musician in the service of Isabel de Borbón (1602-1644) at the Alcázar in Madrid

Bernarda, an Afro-Portuguese musician and singer, was in the service of Queen Isabella of Bourbon …

Sept. 19, 2024
tower of the Cathedral of Ávila. Picture: A. de Vicente
Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of Ávila (1573-1601)

Transcription of sixteen agreements of the chapter of the cathedral of Ávila. Except for one, …

Sept. 11, 2024

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Inauguration of the bridge of Las Barcas and entrance in Seville of Abū Ḥafṣ (1171)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
26-04-2018

Since the end of the 12th century, the bridge of the Barcas over the Guadalquivir River was one of the iconic elements of the city, as well as essential in …

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Private lessons of guitar and other stringed and keyboards instruments in Granada (1810)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
18-04-2018

A news published in the Gazeta del gobierno de Granada on April 20, 1810 allows us to approach the private teaching of stringed and keyboard instruments in a particular historical …

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A harpshichord for the Capilla Real in Granada (1802)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
14-04-2018

The process of acquiring a harpsichord for the Royal Chapel of Granada in 1802 reveals that the great sacred institutions of the city and a good number of convents already …

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Organ of the convent of San Bernardo in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
09-04-2018

Description of the organ of the convent of San Bernardo (Cistercians) in Granada paid for by its abbess, Sor Josefa María de la Asunción Damas, and built by the organ …

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