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Letras para cantar una niña a una que entraba religiosa en San Cristóbal
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of San Cristóbal in Valencia

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of San Cristóbal in …

Aug. 12, 2023
Hospital of La Misericordia. Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Confraternities at the hospital of La Misericordia in Granada

Confraternities at the hospital of La Misericordia in Granada.

Aug. 11, 2023
Zante Island.  Donato Bertelli (c. 1574)
Zante, fifth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

Zante, fifth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

Aug. 10, 2023
View of the choir and main chapel of Seville Cathedral from the archiepiscopal chair
Lyrics by José Vicente Ortí y Mayor for the villancicos of the cathedral of Seville (1727-1737)

In the decade of 1727-1737, Pedro Rabassa received in Seville several texts of villancicos from …

Aug. 9, 2023

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Religious profesion of Melchora de Mesa (1629)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

In 1629, Melchora de Mesa professed as a dulcian player in the convent of Santa Isabel la Real in Granada. She remained in this position until her death in 1650.

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Religious profesion of María Josefa Ruiz (1793)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

 María Josefa Ruiz professed, without a dowry, as an organist in the Carmelite convent of Nuestra Señora del Carmen. She died on 16 September 1804 at the age of 32.

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Religious profesion of Manuela Triviño (1768)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

In 1768, Manuela Triviño professed as an organist nun in the Calced Carmelite convent of Granada. She remained in this position until her death in 1801.

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