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Visit to Jerusalem (3). Pilgrims' prayers and songs at the stations of the Via Dolorosa

Visit to Jerusalem (3). Pilgrims' prayers and songs at the stations of the Via Dolorosa.

May 19, 2024
Stations on the Via Dolorosa. Map of Jerusalem. Friar Antonino de Angelis (1578)
Visit to Jerusalem (3). Second day of the stations' tour (Via Dolorosa). Francisco Guerrero's Journey to Jerusalem (1588)

Visit to Jerusalem (3). Second day of the stations' tour (Via Dolorosa). Francisco Guerrero's Journey …

May 6, 2024
Galleys in the port of Barcelona c. 1535. <em>Civitates Orbis Terrarum</em>. vol 1 (1572). Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg
Trumpets in the galleys of the fleet of the Kingdom of Granada (1529)

On 21 August 1529, by order of Charles V, Rodrigo de Portuondo was appointed captain …

May 4, 2024
Book cover. Book of Polyphony No. 4 [old codex 52]
Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Cathedral of Huesca

Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Cathedral of Huesca.

May 2, 2024

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Street sale of guitars in Alicante (1796)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
27-09-2020

A document from the municipal archive of Alicante allows us to know the sale of guitars in la plaza de la Fruta at the end of the 18th century.

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Musical instruments of Matía de Guzmán, knight of Ávila (1569)

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado
24-09-2020

The civil and domestic musical life in Ávila during the 16th century is very little know. Hence the interest of this inventory from 1569, which includes wind, string and keyboard …

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Flutes and shawms for the Augustinian evangelization in New Spain (1551)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
18-09-2020

In 1553, the Augustinian friar Juan de San Román brought flutes and shawms to Mexico destined for one of the convents in the province of Santísimo Nombre de Jesús, whose …

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