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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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Annual income of the organist and sacristan of the church of the Encarnación in Alhama (1582)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
07-02-2023

The annual income of a parish organist came from different sources, some in money and others in kind. It is relatively common for the positions of organist and sacristan to …

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Villancicos composed for the religious profession of several nuns in the convent of la Enseñanza in Zaragoza (1745)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
29-01-2023

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of several nuns in the convent of la Enseñanza in Zaragoza (1745)

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