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Chapel of the beheading. Cathedral of Santiago (Armenian)
Jerusalem
Visit to Jerusalem (2). First day of the stations' tour (Armenian quarter and Mount Sion). Francisco Guerrero's Journey to Jerusalem (1588)

 Visit to Jerusalem (2). First day of the stations' tour (Armenian quarter and Mount Sion). …

April 24, 2024
convent de Santa Helena do Monte Calvário. Picture by David Freitas (1960)
Évora
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Santa Helena do Monte Calvário in Evora

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Santa Helena do …

April 21, 2024
<em>View taken from above the bullring</em> (detail). Alfred Guesdon (c. 1855)
Granada
Festival organised by the Real Maestranza of Granada on the occasion of the reception of Agustín de Valdivia as an elder brother (1767)

Antonio Soriano, chapel master of the Collegiate Church of El Salvador, composed the march La …

April 17, 2024
Title page. <em>El viage de Hierusalem</em> (1594) [E-Mrae, 14-XI-37]
Barcelona
First Barcelona edition of El viage de Hierusalem by Francisco Guerrero (1594)

First Barcelona edition of El viage de Hierusalem by Francisco Guerrero (1594).

April 12, 2024

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Dedication of the church of the convent of Nuestra Señora de Loreto (-Wednesday- 1694)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015
mass AAT proclamation of the feast the pealing of bells Christmas song (villancico) AAT dedication of a church musket salute street music Rafael de Ortega (secretary of the Real Chancillería) Order of Calced Trinitarians music chapel of the cathedral clarion player drum player bell-ringer firing squad Gregorio López de Guevara (chapel master) convent of Nuestra Señora de Loreto (Discalced Agustinians)
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Dedication of the church of the convent of Nuestra Señora de Loreto (-Monday- 1694)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015
proclamation of the feast mass AAT the pealing of bells musket salute Christmas song (villancico) AAT dedication of a church street music music chapel of the cathedral Order of Discalced Trinitarians Royal Chancery Gregorio López de Guevara (chapel master) clarion player drum player firing squad bell-ringer convent of Nuestra Señora de Loreto (Discalced Agustinians)
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Some historical references about the church of the convent of Nuestra Señora de Loreto

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015

Some historical references about the church of the convent of Nuestra Señora de Loreto

the history of the building Order of Discalced Augustinians convent of Nuestra Señora de Loreto (Discalced Agustinians)
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Dedication of the church of the convent of Nuestra Señora de Loreto (-Tuesday- 1694)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015
dedication of a church Christmas song (villancico) AAT the pealing of bells proclamation of the feast musket salute mass AAT dedication of a church street music music chapel of the capilla real chapter of the capilla real Alonso de Blas y Sandoval (chapel master) wind players clarion player drum player bell-ringer firing squad convent of Nuestra Señora de Loreto (Discalced Agustinians)
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Mass on the first Saturday of January

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015
mass AAT singers AAT wind players convent of Jesús y María (Capuchin Franciscans)
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Saturday salve in the side street of the convent of Jesús y María in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015

In 1725, a devotional image of Our Lady was placed above a gate that closed off a side street to the Capuchin convent of Jesús y María. Every Saturday afternoon, …

salve street music religious community of nuns of the convent of Jesús y María singers AAT wind players lateral street at the convent of Jesús y María
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Commercial activity and bustle in the streets of Granada (c. 1600)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015

The chronicler Francisco Henríquez de Jorquera provides us with a colourful vision of the city's main commercial hubs and busiest areas, where street cries, the movement of carts and animals, …

bustle in the street feast of Corpus Christi AAT comercial activity shopkeepers AAT crowd Pescadería street Cárcel street Zacatín street Hospitales street Mesones street
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Religious profesion of Melchora de Mesa (1629)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015

In 1629, Melchora de Mesa professed as a dulcian player in the convent of Santa Isabel la Real in Granada. She remained in this position until her death in 1650.

religious profession women and musical networks project Melchora de los Reyes - de Mesa- (nun, dulcian player) dulcian player convent of Santa Isabel la Real (Franciscans)
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Copying of some gregorian chant choir books (1648-1728)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015

In the archives of the convent of the Encarnación, a significant number of Gregorian choirbooks are preserved, some of which identify the nun who may have been the copyist or …

gregorian chant choirbook copying women and musical networks project Ana de San Clemente (nun, vicar of the choir, Franciscan) Bárbara de Jesús (nun, copist?, Franciscan) Josefa María de Jesús (nun, vicar of choir, Franciscan) María de San Antonio (nun, Franciscan) copyist AAT convent of la Encarnación (Franciscans nuns)
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Religious profesion of María Josefa Ruiz (1793)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015

&nbsp;María Josefa Ruiz professed, without a dowry, as an organist in the Carmelite convent of Nuestra Señora del Carmen. She died on 16 September 1804 at the age of 32.

religious profession to play the organ women and musical networks project María Josefa Ruiz (nun, organist) organist AAT convent of Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Calced Carmelites nuns)
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