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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
Hormuz Fortress  (c.1600)
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
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)
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

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Salve Regina nn Ancha Street, home to the cloth merchants of Granada's Alcaicería district

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

On Ancha Street, home to the cloth merchants of Granada's Alcaicería district, stood an image of the Virgin Mary. Various Marian festivals were celebrated before this image throughout the liturgical …

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Salve Regina on the main door of the Alcaicería leading to the Sagrario in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

At the top of the main door of the Alcaicería leading to the Sagrario, there was a Marian image depicting the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption. Facing it, first during …

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Salve Regina on the main gate of the Alcaicería that face Zacatín street in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

The main gate of the Alcaicería, which opens onto Calle Zacatín, was one of the busiest places in the city of Granada. At the top, was a highly venerated image …

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Salve Regina on the square of the Corredores de la Lonja in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

The merchants' and comodity exchange brokers' guilds of Granada celebrated several festivals, probably Marian ones, ‘with great revelry and songs’ in front of the image of Our Lady of the …

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Guitar player in Zacatin street in Granada (c. 1550)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

The anecdote narrated by Luis Zapata de Chaves (1526-1595) in his Miscelánea brings us closer to the “night music” heard in the streets of Granada in the mid-16th century.

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