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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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The first referencies to the organ in the convent of Santa Clara in Sevilla (1483)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
06-12-2019

In 1483, Juana Sánchez, the daughter of García Ferrández, a sea-captain, established a pious endowment for which the Holy Trinity and the Visitation of Santa Isabel feast were to be …

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Purchase of a harpsichord for the cathedral of Almeria (1768)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
03-12-2019

In December 1767, the chapel master of the cathedral of Almeria, Antonio Ladrón de Guevara, writes a memorial to the cabildo of this cathedral exposing the interest of buying a …

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Apprenticeship contract with a luthier in Jaén (1647)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
24-11-2019

On March 26, 1647, the luthier master Rodrigo Godínez, a neighbor of San Ildefonso, in Jaén, received as apprentice Sebastian, fifteen, son of Alonso de Espino, a neighbor of the …

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