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Convent of Santa Catalina of Ávila
Nuns music and polyphony in the Dominican convent of Santa Catalina in Ávila

The convent of Dominican nuns of Santa Catalina Martyr in the city of Ávila (1486-1836) …

Feb. 24, 2024
Our Lady of Antigua or La Grande Bell. Peeter van den Ghein III and Pauwels van Laere. Malinas (1600). Photography: Fernando Cova del Pino
Apprenticeship contract of a bell ringer at the Cathedral of Las Palmas (1619)

In this article we present the contract or deed, granted on February 4, 1619, in …

Feb. 20, 2024
Cathedral of Santa Catalina de Alejandría in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia)
Endowment of minstrels to accompany the Viaticum in the Cathedral of Cartagena de Indias

Fray Juan de Ladrada, during his bishopric in Cartagena de Indias (1596-1613), promoted the accompaniment …

Feb. 20, 2024
"Engraving of the Crucifixion". <em>Constituciones de la hermandad del Santísimo Cristo de la Fuente</em> (1736)
Confraternities at the hermitage of El Cristo de la Fuente in Granada

Confraternities at the hermitage of El Cristo de la Fuente in Granada

Feb. 17, 2024

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Call to prayer by a muezzin and coranic psalmody at the mosque of San Bartolomé in Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

The call to prayer by the müezzin, repeated five times a day, and the coranic psalmody in the mosque on which the church of San Bartolomé was later built were …

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Call to prayer by a muezzin and coranic psalmody at the mosque of Santa Cruz's square in Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

The call to prayer by the müezzin, repeated five times a day, and the coranic psalmody in the mosque of Santa Cruz's square&nbsp;were essential elements of the soundscape of Muslim …

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Call to prayer by a muezzin and coranic psalmody at the mosque of Santa María la Blanca in Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

The call to prayer by the müezzin, repeated five times a day, and the coranic psalmody in the mosque on which the church of Santa María la Blanca was later …

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Medieval synagogue soundscape in Sevilla (Santa María la Blanca)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

One of the three most important synagogues in the Jewish quarter of Seville was located on the site now occupied by the church of Santa María la Blanca. Musical practice …

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Medieval synagogue soundscape in Sevilla (Santa Cruz)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

One of the three most important synagogues in the Jewish quarter of Seville was located on the site now occupied by the square of Santa Cruz. Musical practice in medieval …

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Medieval synagogue soundscape in Sevilla (San Bartolomé)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

One of the three most important synagogues in the Jewish quarter of Seville was located on the site now occupied by the church of San Bartolomé. Musical practice in medieval …

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