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

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Chapel of the Conversión de San Pablo. Cathedral of Cordoba
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English keyboard instruments at the Customs House in Cádiz (1794)

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

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Apprenticeship contract for an organist in Guadalajara (1572)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Aug. 20, 2024

The apprenticeship contract signed in 1572 between the sacristan and organist of the church of Santiago de Guadalajara, Melchor de Soria, and Andrés de Monsalve, gives us an insight into …

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Visit to Jerusalem (4). Pilgrims' prayers and songs at the stations of the Valley of Josaphat

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
June 3, 2024

Visit to Jerusalem (4). Pilgrims' prayers and songs at the stations of the Valley of Josaphat.

journey AAT Ave Maris Stella (hymn) O gloriosa domina assumpta super sidera (antiphon) Famulis tuis quaesumus Domine (oratio) Sancte Joseph saffragia nos (antiphon) Da quaesumus Domine beati Joseph sponsi genitrici Dei Mariae (oratio) Similavit te Deus Joachim viro sapienti (antiphon) Deus, qui nos beati Joachim patris genitris Dei (oratio) Hac est radix et stirps Jesse (antiphon) Deus qui beatam Annam matrem tuae genitricis fieri volvisti (oratio) Dominus Jesus Christus mundi redemptor (antiphon) Domine Jesu Christe dulcisime qui antequam patereris Hierosoliman (oratio) Assumpto autem Jesus Petro et duobus filiis Zedebei (antiphon) Dulcissime domine Jesu Christe qui quantum humanam possit fragilitas praenosceris (oratio) Dederat autem eis traditor signum dicens (antiphon) Domine Jesus Christe humani generis benigne redemptor (oratio) Respice quaesumus Domine super hanc familiam tuam (oratio) Principes sacerdotum, acceptis argenteis dixerunt (antiphon) Onmipotens clementissime Deus qui in mundo primorum parentum lapsu (oratio) Tristes erant apostoli (hymn) Omnes vos scandalum patiemini in me in nocte ista (antiphon) Benigne ac semper dulcissime Jesu Christe derelinquentium spes (oratio) Ave regina caelorum (antiphon) Deus qui virginalem aulam beatae Mariae virginis in qua habitares eligere dignatus es (orario) Expuit Jesus in terram et fecit lutum ex sputo et linivit super oculos (antiphon) Deus cui nihil impossibile sed solo verbo restauras universa (oratio) Miquel Matas. La devota peregrinació de la Terra Sancta Jean Zuallart. Il devotissimo viaggio di Gerusalemne Itinerary of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem mapping Francisco Guerrero Miquel Matas (priest) franciscans friars AAT Order of Discalced Franciscans AAT Jean Zuallart (mayor, pilgrim) Church of the Sepulchre of Saint Mary (Greek Orthodox / Armenian) Garden of Gethsemane Akeldama Fountain of Our Lady (Gihon Spring) Pool of Siloam
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