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New Mass of Bernardo Hugón in Campo Real (1675)

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Church of Santiago. Bernardo Rico (1864)
Apprenticeship contract for an organist in Guadalajara (1572)

The apprenticeship contract signed in 1572 between the sacristan and organist of the church of …

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Title page. <em>Veni sponsa mea dilecta</em> (1780)
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Santa Clara in Balaguer (1780)

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Santa Clara in …

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Façade of the Cathedral of Canaria. Illustration from the manuscript by José Agustín Álvarez Rixo, entitled Cuadro histórico de estas Islas Canarias (1808-1812). Library of the University of La Laguna. Personal archive of José Agustín Álvarez Rixo.
The “release” of the clock of the Cathedral of Las Palmas (18th-19th centuries)

The main and only mission of the clock bell of the Cathedral of Las Palmas …

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Salve Regina on the main door of the Alcaicería leading to the Sagrario in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

At the top of the main door of the Alcaicería leading to the Sagrario, there was a Marian image depicting the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption. Facing it, first during …

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Salve Regina on the main gate of the Alcaicería that face Zacatín street in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

The main gate of the Alcaicería, which opens onto Calle Zacatín, was one of the busiest places in the city of Granada. At the top, was a highly venerated image …

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Salve Regina on the square of the Corredores de la Lonja in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

The merchants' and comodity exchange brokers' guilds of Granada celebrated several festivals, probably Marian ones, ‘with great revelry and songs’ in front of the image of Our Lady of the …

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Guitar player in Zacatin street in Granada (c. 1550)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

The anecdote narrated by Luis Zapata de Chaves (1526-1595) in his Miscelánea brings us closer to the “night music” heard in the streets of Granada in the mid-16th century.

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