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Main chapel of León Cathedral. Interior.
Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of León (1591-1602)

Transcription of four chapter agreements and an inventory of singing books from the Cathedral of …

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Chapel of the Conversión de San Pablo. Cathedral of Cordoba
Foundation and endowment of the medieval chapel of the Conversión de San Pablo in Córdoba Cathedral (1387)

In 1387, Elfa de la Torre, widow of Pedro Muñiz de Godoy, Master of the …

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Customs House in Cádiz
English keyboard instruments at the Customs House in Cádiz (1794)

The records of royal orders for the government of the Customs Office of Cádiz, corresponding …

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Old fortress
From Venice to Marseille with a stopover in Livorno. Fifteenth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1589)

Francisco Guerrero and his pupil Francisco Sánchez must have set out from Venice in early …

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Bell ringing and the use of musical instruments at the San Bartolomé y Santiago College in Granada.

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Nov. 6, 2018

The Constituciones del Real Colegio de San Bartolomé y Santiago of Granada (1774) set out the bell tolls that regulated collegiate life and the limited use that students could make …

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Francisco de la Torre’s house in Seville (1502)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Nov. 4, 2018

In 1502, Francisco de la Torre, singer, chapel master and composer, lived in a house rented by the Chapter of Seville Cathedral. It was a residence of considerable size, with …

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The sounds of the Alameda in the Genil river

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Oct. 31, 2018

The space of the Alameda del río Genil, in Granada, was, at least since the 18th century, a recreational space for the citizens, where a second "Casa de las Chirimías" …

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Ordinances of town criers in Seville (1519)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Oct. 28, 2018

The Ordenanzas de Sevilla, published in 1527, established that there would be fourteen town criers in the city and precisely regulated the details of the exercise of their profession.

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