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"Engraving of the Crucifixion". <em>Constituciones de la hermandad del Santísimo Cristo de la Fuente</em> (1736)
Confraternities at the hermitage of El Cristo de la Fuente in Granada

Confraternities at the hermitage of El Cristo de la Fuente in Granada

Feb. 17, 2024
<em>Domus boni latronis</em>. Jean Zuallart (1587)
Pilgrims' prayers and chants on the way from Rama to Jerusalem (1602)

Pilgrims' prayers and chants on the way from Rama to Jerusalem (1602).

Feb. 17, 2024
<em>Domus boni latronis</em>. Jean Zuallart (1587)
Jerusalem, ninth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

Jerusalem, ninth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588).

Feb. 14, 2024
Cartagena Town Hall and Cathedral
Hiring of a group of minstrels in the city of Cartagena (1605)

In 1605, the City Council of Cartagena (Murcia) hired a group of four minstrels from …

Feb. 7, 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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