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"Coruña". <em>Descripcion de Espana y de las Costas y Puertos de sus Reynos</em>. Pedro Texeira (1634)
Entry, stay and embarkation of Prince Felipe in La Coruña (1554)

On 27 June 1554, Prince Felipe arrived in La Coruña, where he stayed until 13 …

March 4, 2024
"Tiple 1º". <em>Albricias, zagalas</em>. Anónimo. CENIDIM, CSG.010.
Villancicos for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of La Santísima Trinidad in Puebla: new findings

This article complements that of the "Villancicos compuestos para la ceremonia de profesión de monjas …

Feb. 29, 2024
Convent of Santa Catalina of Ávila
Nuns music and polyphony in the Dominican convent of Santa Catalina in Ávila

The convent of Dominican nuns of Santa Catalina Martyr in the city of Ávila (1486-1836) …

Feb. 24, 2024
Our Lady of Antigua or La Grande Bell. Peeter van den Ghein III and Pauwels van Laere. Malinas (1600). Photography: Fernando Cova del Pino
Apprenticeship contract of a bell ringer at the Cathedral of Las Palmas (1619)

In this article we present the contract or deed, granted on February 4, 1619, in …

Feb. 20, 2024

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Stella cæli extirpavit an antiphon against the plague

Juan Ruiz Jiménez, Juan Carlos Asensio Palacios
March 23, 2020

Tradition dates back to 1317 the miraculous handing over of Saint Bartholomew to the nuns of the convent of Santa Clara, in Coimbra, of the antiphon Stella cæli extirpavit to …

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Works of Francisco Guerrero in Lerma (Burgos)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
March 22, 2020

Works of Francisco Guerrero in the collegiate church of San Pedro and in the convent fo San Blas in Lerma (Burgos).

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Repair of the organ of the convent of Santa María de Jesús in Huécija (Almería) in 1712

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
March 7, 2020

Repair of the organ of the convent of Santa María de Jesús in Huécija (Almería) by the organ builder fray Miguel de San Jerónimo, resident in the convent of San …

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Repair of the organ of the church of Santa Cruz in Canjáyar (Almería) in 1712

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
March 5, 2020

Repair of the organ of the church of Santa Cruz in Canjáyar (Almería) by the organ builder fray Miguel de San Jerónimo, resident in the convent of San Antonio Abad …

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