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View of the choir and main chapel of Seville Cathedral from the archiepiscopal chair
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Signature of Isabel Barbosa. AHPV, protocolos notariales, leg. 803, fol. 998r
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Call to prayer by a muezzin and coranic psalmody at the mosque Ibn Gimara in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Feb. 20, 2016

The call to prayer of the müezzin, repeated five times a day, and the coranic psalmody at the mosque Ibn Gimara were essential elements of the soundscape of Muslim Granada.

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Call to prayer by a muezzin and coranic psalmody at the mosque al-Shari’a in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Feb. 11, 2016

The call to prayer of the müezzin, repeated five times a day, and the coranic psalmody at the mosque al-Shari’a were essential elements of the soundscape of Muslim Granada.

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Call to prayer by a muezzin and coranic psalmody at the mosque (gima) Guindeyr in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Feb. 10, 2016

The call to prayer of the müezzin, repeated five times a day, and the coranic psalmody at the mosque (gima) Guindeyr were essential elements of the soundscape of Muslim Granada.

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Call to prayer by a muezzin and coranic psalmody at the mosque Yami al-Ahdab in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Feb. 8, 2016

The call to prayer of the müezzin, repeated five times a day, and the coranic psalmody at the mosque of Yami al-Ahdab were essential elements of the soundscape of Muslim Granada.

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