Entradas Recientes

Royal Danish Library (Det Kongelige Bibliotek)
Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Royal Danish Library (Det Kongelige Bibliotek)

The Royal Danish Library (Det Kongelige Bibliotek), founded by King Frederick III in 1648 and …

Sept. 24, 2025
Cathedral of Calahorra. Photo: Alfonso de Vicente
Inventory of musical instruments from the Calahorra Cathedral (1631-1645)

There is a wealth of information about the musical instruments found in Calahorra Cathedral. A …

Sept. 19, 2025
Chapel of San Esteban and San Bartolomé (1)
Foundation of the chapel of Omnium Sanctorum / San Esteban / San Bartolomé in the Cathedral of Cordova (1271)

We analyze the probable sequence of dedications of the chapel in Córdoba Cathedral currently known …

Sept. 15, 2025
Portrait of a young woman (probably María Fernanda Fitz-James-Stuart y Stolberg-Gedern). Mariano Salvador Maella
A fortepiano by Francisco Fernández for the palace of the Dukes of Híjar in Madrid (c. 1807)

Lawsuit filed in Madrid by Agustín de Silva Fernández de Híjar, 10th Duke of Hijar, …

Sept. 11, 2025

Articles by year

Reset

Procession of the reception of the Crusade Bull in Seville (1632)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
08-06-2019

The procession to receive the Bull of Crusade was the first of the general processions held in Seville each year. It was announced the day before with trumpets, drums and …

bula de Cruzada general procession hymn sermon the pealing of bells confraternities project Alonso Sánchez Gordillo (abbot of the Universidad de Beneficiados, historian) city council cathedral chapter minstrels of the city council trumpeter drum player town crier confraternities beneficiary priest confraternity of the Saint Ecce homo and Our Lady of the Road confraternity of Our Lady of Good Trip and Holy Christ of Help brotherhood of the Christ of Humility and the Last Supper confraternity of the Holy Burial confraternity of the Sacred Expiration of Our Lord Jesus Christ of Our Lady of the Rosary and of the Prayer of Jesus in the Garden confraternity of Our Lady the Star confraternity of Our Lady of the "O" confraternity of Our Lady of Hope confraternity of Our Lady of La Hiniesta confraternity of the Name of Jesus at the convent of San Pablo confraternity of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem confraternity of the Sacred Passion of Jesus Christ confraternity of Our Lady of the Solitude confraternity of Our Lady of Antigua confraternity of the Five Holy Wounds confraternity of the Our Lady of the Incarnation confraternity of the Veronica and the Coronation of Thorns confraternity of the Conception of the Virgin Mary confraternity of Our Lady of Anguish confraternity of the Christ of Saint Augustine confraternity of the True Cross convent of San Francisco Casa Grande (Franciscans) Sevilla cathedral cathedral of Sevilla. Door of San Miguel or of Nacimiento cathedral of Sevilla. Main altar Genova street Gradas street
Read article

Toll of the church clock bell of the convent of San Agustín in Seville (1749)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
04-06-2019

On 27 June 1747, an English clock was installed in a tower built for this purpose in the convent of San Agustín, which would serve the San Roque district, outside …

Read article

A new bow for a violin by the seise Matías Riaño (1732)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
02-06-2019

The construction of a violin bow for the cathedral seise Matías Riaño, in 1732, allows us to increase the list of luthiers in Granada with the master violin maker José …

Read article

Purchase of a trumpet for the cathedral of Granada (1762)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
29-05-2019

News of the purchase of a trumpet for the cathedral of Granada in 1762. It was purchased in Seville and its cost, including transport, was 5,100 maravedís. The person in …

Read article

Endowment of a requiem mass by the members of the music chapel of Granada Cathedral (1711)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
26-05-2019

On 7 July 1711, the members of the cathedral's music chapel asked the chapter to endow a requiem mass for their deceased colleagues on the octave of the Feast of …

Read article