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Old courthouse of Carmona (s. XVI)
Trumpets and kettledrums in the royal proclamations of the city of Carmona during the Modern Age (1504-1724)

On the occasion of the royal proclamations, the council of Carmona performed the ceremonial raising …

April 11, 2023
Port of Cartagena. <em>La descripción de España y de las costas y puertos de sus reinos</em>, fol. 71r. Pedro Teixeira (1634)
Cartagena, second stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

Cartagena, second stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588).

April 9, 2023
Chapel of Santo Cáliz. Valencia cathedral
A printed book for minstrels in Valencia Cathedral (1632)

In an inventory of the musical library of the cathedral of Valencia, made in 1632, …

April 8, 2023
Church of La Purificación in Jacaltenango
Works by Francisco Guerrero in the church of La Purificación in Jacaltenango (Guatemala)

Works by Francisco Guerrero in the church of La Purificación in Jacaltenango (Guatemala).

April 6, 2023

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Musicians in El Greco's house

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado
28-12-2020

According to a reference by Jusepe Martínez, the painter El Greco hired musicians to enjoy himself while he ate, an indication of the luxurious life he led. There have been …

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Organs of the college of San Jerónimo in Ávila (1623 and 1687)

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado
24-12-2020

The Order of San Jerónimo made its last male foundation in Ávila in 1606. The community settled permanently in the church of San Jerónimo in 1616. In 1623 it contracted …

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Lauderos street

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
21-12-2020

The Lauderos street was part of the urban fabric of the city of Toledo. Its name was derived from the luthiers who had their shops open on that street and …

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Organs at Alcalá de Henares (1810)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
20-12-2020

When the French troops were expelled after the War of Independence, the religious community of the San Felipe Neri oratory claimed what had been their headquarters and the movable property …

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Instruments and working tools from the workshop of the luthier José Sánchez de Nieva (1747)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
19-12-2020

The list of assets contributed by the luthier José Sánchez de Nieva as a dowry to his second marriage, in 1747, allows us to know the appraisal of an extensive …

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