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São Salvador do Congo. Thomas Astley  (1745)
The first Discalced Carmelite mission in the kingdoms of Congo and Angola (1584-1587)

After two unsuccessful attempts, the third mission of the Discalced Carmelite Order to the kingdoms …

Oct. 6, 2023
View of Loanda. Johannes Vingboons (c. 1665)
The first Discalced Carmelite mission in the kingdoms of Congo and Angola (1584-1587)

After two unsuccessful attempts, the third mission of the Discalced Carmelite Order to the kingdoms …

Oct. 6, 2023
't eylant St. Thome. Johannes Vingboons (1665)
The first Discalced Carmelite mission in the kingdoms of Congo and Angola (1584-1587)

After two unsuccessful attempts, the third mission of the Discalced Carmelite Order to the kingdoms …

Oct. 6, 2023
"A Prospect from Sea of ye Harbour of Princess belonging to ye Portugueze. William Smith (c.1727)
The first Discalced Carmelite mission in the kingdoms of Congo and Angola (1584-1587)

After two unsuccessful attempts, the third mission of the Discalced Carmelite Order to the kingdoms …

Oct. 5, 2023

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External organist and dulcian player in the convent of La Madre de Dios (1623)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-02-2019

In 1623, the entry of secular women into the cloister of the convent of la Madre de Dios (Comendadoras de Santiago) was authorized to reinforce the musical staff they had …

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Chaplains and musicians in the service of Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, Fifth Duke of Medina Sidonia (1516)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
06-02-2019

El Cathálogo de todos los criados mayores y menores que han servido a los excelentísimos duques de Medina, preserved in the Biblioteca del Palacio Real de Madrid, allows us to …

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Dance school in Granada (1574)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
26-01-2019

The contract established in 1574 between Juan Ortiz, "master of dance", and the instrumentalist Blas de Torres allows us to document the first "school" of dance in Granada.

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