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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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Organ for the chapel of San Jerónimo in the university of Salamanca (1509)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
19-12-2019

In March 1509, Nicolás Pérez, an organ maker based in Toledo, presented to the University of Salamanca an organ he had been commissioned to build. This instrument was destined to …

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Organ for the chapel of the college of San Ildefonso in Alcalá de Henares (1510)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
19-12-2019

In 1510, Nicolás Pérez built an organ for the chapel of the college of San Ildefonso in Alcalá de Henares, whose composition and caracteristics we know through a sheet containing …

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Noise pollution produced by hydraulic mills

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
10-12-2019

The hydraulic mills located on the Genil river bank and inside the city of Granada would be one of the main agents causing noise pollution in these urban and peri-urban …

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The rise of pendons in Plasencia by Queen Joan and King Charles (1516)

Gisela Coronado Schwindt
08-12-2019

On 25 July 1516, the council authorities of the city of Plasencia paid tribute to Queen Joan and King Charles I by raising the royal pendon, displaying it in the …

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