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Betancuria. Fuerteventura. Anonymous (1890-1895) FEDAC-Cabildo de Gran Canaria
Proclamation of St. Bonaventura as patron saint of Fuerteventura (1625)

On 1st November 1625, Saint Bonaventure was solemnly proclaimed patron saint of the island of …

Jan. 21, 2025
Fuente del Pilar Nuevo. Anonymous (1893). FEDAC-Cabildo de Gran Canaria.
Fountains of Las Palmas in the XVIII century

During the mandate of the mayor Vicente Cano (1787-1793), important public works and reforms were …

Dec. 19, 2024
Cathedral of Cuenca
Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of Cuenca (1584-1730)

Four chapter agreements, six accounting items, a copy of a letter and three detailed inventories …

Nov. 25, 2024
Cristóbal de Morales
Autograph letter from Cristóbal de Morales accompanying the shipment of his mass books printed in Rome to Prince Philip (1546)

The discovery of an unpublished autograph letter by Cristóbal de Morales, dated 15 January 1546 …

Nov. 20, 2024

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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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