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Hormuz Fortress (c.1600)
Hormoz
Meninos orfãos at the Jesuit mission of Ormuz (1553)

In 1553, the Jesuit António de Herédia left Goa, accompanied by Father Alejo Diaz and …

Aug. 6, 2023
Signature of Isabel Barbosa. AHPV, protocolos notariales, leg. 803, fol. 998r
Valladolid
Schoolgirl musicians at the College of Doncellas Nobles in Valladolid (1596-1600)

The College of the Doncellas Nobles, also referred to as the Colegio de Daza, was …

Aug. 5, 2023
Church of San Martín (Bocaue)
Bocaue
Music and Ritual in the Franciscan Convents and doctrinas of the Province of San Gregorio (1726)

The Estatutos y ordenaciones de la Santa Provincia de San Gregorio de religiosos descalzos de …

July 20, 2023
<em>Breve descripción de la ciudad de Jerusalén</em> (1603) [E-PAp Mont. 6.779]
Valencia
First Spanish edition of Christian van Adrichem’ Breve descripción de la ciudad de Jerusalén (1603)

First Spanish edition of Christian van Adrichem’ Breve descripción de la ciudad de Jerusalén (1603).

June 27, 2023

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Outdoor concert in the Alameda de Hércules

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
July 11, 2015

The remodelling in 1574 of the Alameda de Hércules in Seville made it a place for recreation and strolling for the citizens, especially in summer, enlivened by a group of …

instrumental concert street music instrumentalists AAT citizens AAT wind players city council AAT alameda de Hércules
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Traditional songs in Saint John's Eve

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
July 11, 2015

At the beginning of his play Lo cierto por lo dudoso, Lope de Vega takes us to the night of San Juan, in the Alameda in Seville, a space that …

traditional songs traditional dances AAT Lope de Vega (writer) mulatto frame drum player rattle player guitar player voices alameda de Hércules
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Funeral procession and funeral rites of Íñigo López de Mendoza, Second Count of Tendilla, First Marquis of Mondéjar (1515)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015

On 20 July 1515, Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Mondéjar and 2nd Count of Tendilla (1440-1515), died in the Alhambra at the age of 74. His mortal remains …

funeral rites funeral procession AAT the pealing of bells crying AAT Íñigo López de Mendoza y Quiñones, Second Count of Tendilla, First Marquis of Mondéjar soldiers AAT clergy citizens AAT trumpets AAT trumpeters of the Alhambra drummers AAT convent of San Francisco de la Alhambra (Franciscans) Yusuf III or Count of Tendilla palace (Alhambra)
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Meal (1420)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
July 11, 2015
meal AAT city council AAT minstrels casas del cabildo municipal / Corral de los Olmos (old town hall)
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Announcement of the take of Malaga (1487)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
July 11, 2015
announcement AAT city council AAT town crier drummers AAT trumpeter AAT Gradas street Alfalfa square San Francisco square
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Feast (1784)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
July 11, 2015
vespers mass AAT music chapel of the cathedral choirboys comodity exchange brokers guild Bartolome Polo (tenor, priest, music chapel agent) convent of el Espíritu Santo = Los Menores (Regular Minor Clergyman)
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Burial of a child (1784)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
July 11, 2015
burial AAT processional transfer of the deceased to the church music chapel of the cathedral choirboys Bartolome Polo (tenor, priest, music chapel agent) church of el Sagrario
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Religious profession (1785)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
July 11, 2015
religious profession music chapel of the cathedral choirboys Bartolome Polo (tenor, priest, music chapel agent) convento of Santa María de la Paz (Augustinians)
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Feast (1793)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
July 11, 2015
vespers mass AAT music chapel of the cathedral organist AAT choirboys church of Omnium Sanctorum
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Matins of the Feast of Saint Nicholas

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
July 11, 2015
matins of the feast of Saint Nicholas matins music chapel of the cathedral choirboys church of San Nicolás
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