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General plan of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas (Burgos) (Corpus de Arquitectura Monástica Medieval UAM, 1998). Topographical key: 1. Claustrillas; 2. Claustro de san Fernando; 3. Capilla de la Asunción; 4. Capilla de Santiago; 5. Locutorio; 6. Paso a la carrera de Santiago; 7. Carrera de Santiago
Epigraphic traces of the processional liturgy at the Abbey of Las Huelgas in Burgos

A collection of inscriptions located in the two passageways connecting the cloister of San Fernando …

Nov. 3, 2025
Chapel of San Lorenzo. Cathedral of Cordoba
Foundation and endowment of the Chapel of San Lorenzo in the Cathedral of Cordoba (1282)

The altar/chapel of San Lorenzo was founded in 1282 by Don Sebastián, archdeacon of Castro. …

Oct. 30, 2025
From Samaria to Bethsaida. <em>Descriptio et situs Terrae Sanctae alio nomine Palestina multis preclaris historys et miraculis utriusque testamenti a Christo Salvatore nobilitata</em> (1593)
From Samaria to Bethsaida. Eleventh stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

The eleventh stage took Francisco Guerrero and Francisco Sánchez from Samaria to Bethsaida, on the …

Oct. 25, 2025
Cantino planisphere –detail– (1502)
Bells for the first churches and monastic foundations in the Indies shipped from Seville (1494-1520)

Bells were one of the first objects that, along with liturgical vestments, gold and silverware, …

Oct. 18, 2025

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External organist and dulcian player in the convent of La Madre de Dios (1623)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-02-2019

In 1623, the entry of secular women into the cloister of the convent of la Madre de Dios (Comendadoras de Santiago) was authorized to reinforce the musical staff they had …

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Chaplains and musicians in the service of Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, Fifth Duke of Medina Sidonia (1516)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
06-02-2019

El Cathálogo de todos los criados mayores y menores que han servido a los excelentísimos duques de Medina, preserved in the Biblioteca del Palacio Real de Madrid, allows us to …

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Dance school in Granada (1574)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
26-01-2019

The contract established in 1574 between Juan Ortiz, "master of dance", and the instrumentalist Blas de Torres allows us to document the first "school" of dance in Granada.

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