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Barcelona (detail). Anton van den Wyngaerde (1563)
Ceremony of the transfer of the Viaticum to the Spanish galleys (1614)

Pope Paul V's bull of 10 September 1614 authorised the administration of viaticum to Christians …

Feb. 7, 2024
Choir of the cathedral of Sevilla
The Missarum liber primus by Arcangelo Crivelli in the music library of Seville Cathedral

The inventory of the polyphonic books of Seville Cathedral, which were in the custody of …

Feb. 3, 2024
Convent of Sancti Spiritus. John Frederick Lewis (1833)
The most important annual festivities in the Convent of Sancti Spiritus in Granada

The convent of the Dominican nuns of Sancti Spiritus in Granada celebrated the feasts of …

Jan. 30, 2024
Chapel Orden Tercera. Parte norte del convento de San Francisco de Valladolid según hipótesis de Sáiz Virumbrales y Castro Sánchez (2021)
Organ for the chapel of the Venerable Third Order of the convent of San Francisco de Valladolid (1712)

After the fire in the chapel of the Venerable Third Order of the convent of …

Jan. 9, 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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