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Church of Santa Maria di Nazareth
Bernardino de Figueroa (c.1505-1586): from chapel master to archbishop (Barletta)

Bernardino de Figueroa [Osorio] is the only known case of an archbishop who, before being …

Sept. 26, 2023
Choir of the capilla real of Granada
Bernardino de Figueroa (c.1505-1586): from chapel master to archbishop (Granada)

Bernardino de Figueroa [Osorio] is the only known case of an archbishop who, before being …

Sept. 26, 2023
Collegiate church of San Pedro (Soria)
Works by Francisco Guerrero at the collegiate church of San Pedro in Soria

Works by Francisco Guerrero at the collegiate church of San Pedro in Soria.

Sept. 24, 2023
<em>Pianta di Napoli</em>. Alessandro Baratta (1629)
Feast and immaculist oath in the church of Gesù Nuovo in Naples (1618)

The celebration of the feast of the Conception of Mary and the immaculist oath in …

Sept. 20, 2023

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Wind players in the West Indies Fleet (1620)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
06-12-2015

The galleons that captained the fleet of the Indies carried among their crews several salaried minstrels. Jerónimo Franco, a ministril, embarked on the nao almiranta which in 1620 went "to …

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Feast of the Conception of Our Lady in the convent of Santo Tomás de Villanueva

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
14-11-2015

In the convent of Santo Tomás de Villanueva, commonly known as Tomasas, the nuns celebrate on 8 December a particular ceremony typical of this female monastery in Granada, which probably …

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