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From Samaria to Bethsaida. <em>Descriptio et situs Terrae Sanctae alio nomine Palestina multis preclaris historys et miraculis utriusque testamenti a Christo Salvatore nobilitata</em> (1593)
From Samaria to Bethsaida. Eleventh stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

The eleventh stage took Francisco Guerrero and Francisco Sánchez from Samaria to Bethsaida, on the …

Oct. 25, 2025
Cantino planisphere –detail– (1502)
Bells for the first churches and monastic foundations in the Indies shipped from Seville (1494-1520)

Bells were one of the first objects that, along with liturgical vestments, gold and silverware, …

Oct. 18, 2025
House of Sebastián Tomás in Valladolid
Robbery at the home of Sebastián Tomás, chapel master of Valladolid Cathedral (1764)

The investigations carried out to find out who was responsible for the robbery at the …

Oct. 17, 2025
Cathedral of Tudela
Books by Tomás Luis de Victoria and other polyphonists in the Tudela cathedral (1549-1640)

A 1609 inventory lists two editions by Victoria. They likely correspond to the two mass …

Oct. 12, 2025

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Diego Díaz, first town crier of the city of Santiago de Guatemala (1527-1530)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
03-07-2021

Diego Díaz's appointment as town crier in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala was made on the very day of its foundation, 27 July 1524. He remained …

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Diego Díaz, first town crier of the city of Santiago de Guatemala (1524-1527)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
02-07-2021

Diego Díaz's appointment as town crier in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala was made on the very day of its foundation, 27 July 1524. He remained …

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Public concert in the hall of the Valencia Shoemakers' Guild (1790)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
24-06-2021

In the autumn of 1790, the chapel master Angelo di San Michele settled in Valencia. He would soon offer his services as a teacher of singing, harpsichord, forte-piano and psaltery …

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Miserere at the Campo Santo de los Mártires in Córdoba (1633)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
04-06-2021

On 3 March 1633, the Chapter of Cordoba Cathedral banned the Miserere that was sung at night in the Campo Santo de los Mártires in Cordoba, although we do not …

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